# Incident 19961122044339I: Beech 58, Lafayette, LA, November 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9025V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9025V-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961122044339I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ENROUTE TO HOUSTON, TEXAS FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA IN A BEECHCRAFT BARRON MODEL 58, HE OBSERVED SPARKS AND SMOKE EMANATING FROM THE FRONT OF THE LEFT ENGINE. HE STATED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AND REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT FROM LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA. HE WAS ASKED BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IF HE WAS DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND HIS RESPOSNSE WAS "AFFIRMATIVE." THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. THE BEARING FAILED IN THE REAR OF ALTERNATOR.

## Other reports on N9025V (3)

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

- [Accident 19980708016319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980708016319A), Jul 8, 1998: Beech 58 (N9025V), HO, No damage. (.19) See NTSB #MIA98WA194
- [Accident 19870306005499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870306005499A), Mar 6, 1987: Beech 58 (N9025V), Bismarck, ND, Substantial damage. Gear collapsed on touchdown. Pilot switched off electrics when he thought there was a fire. Dry battery went dead.
- [Accident 19860919045719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860919045719A), Sep 19, 1986: Beech 58 (N9025V), Fargo, ND, Substantial damage. The pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear during rollout.

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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