# Incident 19890109006669I: Piper PA28150, Beatrice, NE, January 9, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1989, 10:30 local time
- Place: Beatrice, NE
- Airport: Beatrice Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3013° N, 96.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEATRICE MUNI (BIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3013&lon=-96.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50GM-2008-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-150 (registry code 7102804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28150
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 500 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890109006669I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SMOKE IN CABIN, DECLARED EMERGENCY. SHUT OFF ELECTRICS,CLEARED. AFTER LANDING FOUND GENERATOR BEARING SEIZED.

## Other reports on N50GM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080328013989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080328013989A), Mar 28, 2008: Piper PA28150 (N50GM), Mankato, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) While practicing a soft field takeoff at ktko, the pilot lost control of the aircraft and drifted right of the runway through a fence and into a pasture.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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