# Incident 19910131008729I: Beech 76, Farmington, NM, January 31, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1991, 13:00 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6014E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6014E-1993-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 35 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910131008729I

## Narrative

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

SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE. SMOKE FROM LEFT ENGINE COWLING. RETURNED. SHUT ENGINE DOWN. FOUND BLOWN EXHAUST GASKETS.

## Other reports on N6014E (3)

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

- [Incident 19910807046989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910807046989I), Aug 7, 1991: Beech 76 (N6014E), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. Aircraft landed gear up. Training flight. Gear warning system inoperable.
- [Incident 19860425023159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860425023159I), Apr 25, 1986: Beech 76 (N6014E), Memphis, TN, Minor damage. Pilot knee contacted gear selector knob during takeoff roll. Gear retracted. Selector knob indent malfunction.
- [Accident 19791217033059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791217033059A), Dec 17, 1979: Beech 76 (N6014E), Hot Springs, AR, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear on a simulated single engine approach.

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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