# Accident 19910717027679A: Beech 65, Meridian, MS, July 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1991, 17:02 local time
- Place: Meridian, MS
- Airport: Key Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3329° N, 88.7516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY FLD (MEI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3329&lon=-88.7516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711SF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 943 total, 34 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA91LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910717027679A

## Narrative

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

POWER SURGING RIGHT ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. FEATHERED BUT GEAR OUT. UNABLE CLIMB. HIT POWER LINE. BLAMED PROP GOVERNOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA91LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA187), Jul 17, 1991: Beech 65 (N711SF), Meridian, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: LOSS OF POWER FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO UNDETERMINED REASONS. THE FAILURE OF THE PROPELLER TO FEATHER WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

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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