# Incident 19910418024719I: Beech JRB6, Miami, FL, April 18, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1991, 15:25 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: USVA
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N498BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N498BH-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech JRB-6 (registry code 1151026, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-jrb-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH JRB6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910418024719I

## Narrative

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

ATC LOST CONTACT WITH FLIGHT EN ROUTE. PILOT FINALLY REPORTED INOPERATIVE TRANSPONDER. HAD PENETRATED ADIS.

## Other reports on N498BH (1)

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

- [Accident 20060808021149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060808021149A), Aug 8, 2006: Beech JRB6 (N498BH), Destroyed. (-23) Both engines quit apparently due to fuel starvation. When aircraft was recovered after ditching, there were 75 gals. Of fuel in one main tank. All other…

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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