30.0951° N, 90.9925° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Donaldsonville, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 26, 1993 · 06:26 local
Place
Donaldsonville, LA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
YRPA
Aircraft
N17545
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520BB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,350 total80 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days
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 seized in flight. Vectored toward airport. Landed on dirt road.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE SEIZED IN FLIGHT. VECTORED TOWARD AIRPORT. LANDED ON DIRT ROAD.