# Accident 19960518010839A: Beech 58, Los Angeles, CA, May 18, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1996, 11:44 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Whiteman Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58KD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58KD-1999-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,939 total, 1,029 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960518010839A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. MADE RIGHT TURN. LANDED ROUGH GROUND. NO ENGINE DEFECTS. ABLE FLY PROPER PROCEDURES.

## 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 LAX96LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA198), May 18, 1996: Beech 58 (N58KD), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: an interruption of fuel flow to the right engine for undetermined nonmechanical reasons. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to keep the right engine's propeller feathered which reduced the…

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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