# Accident 19950929030769A: Beech D50E, Okeechobee, FL, September 29, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1995, 16:50 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2416° N, 80.8293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Okeechobee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2416&lon=-80.8293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9351Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9351Y-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D50E (registry code 1152522, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d50e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D50E
- Reported engine: LYC GO480F6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950929030769A

## Narrative

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

FEATHERED RIGHT ENGINE OVER AIRPORT TO CHECK OPERATION. UNABLE RESTART OR HOLD ALTITUDE. FORCE LANDED OFF AIRPORT.

## 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 MIA95LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA241), Sep 29, 1995: Beech D50E (N9351Y), Okeechobee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO CONDUCT A FEATHERING CHECK OF THE RIGHT PROPELLER AT AN ALTITUDE INADEQUATE FOR A SAFE ENGINE RESTART OR REFEATHERING OF THE PROPELLER.

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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