19890129022939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A23A · Frederick, MD · January 29, 1989

Date
January 29, 1989 · 14:12 local
Place
Frederick, MD
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7900L
Reported as
Beech A23A
Reported engine
Continental IO346A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine fire. Forced landing on highway. No fire but smoke from oil when connecting rod punctured engine case.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FIRE. FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY. NO FIRE BUT SMOKE FROM OIL WHEN CONNECTING ROD PUNCTURED ENGINE CASE.