# Incident 19890216026959I: Beech F90, Wichita, KS, February 16, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1989, 11:50 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Beech Factory Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6939° N, 97.2149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEECH FACTORY (BEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6939&lon=-97.2149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N713DB-1991-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F90 (registry code 1152909, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890216026959I

## Narrative

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

ON AUTOPILOT CHECK FLIGHT. HAD RADIO COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS. ENTERED ARSA WHILE TROUBLE SHOOTING PROBLEM.

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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