# Incident 19980306011849I: Beech 95A55, Ft Worth, TX, March 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1998, 17:53 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Alliance Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9694Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9694Y-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-A55 (registry code 1152704, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-a55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95A55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980306011849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 6, 1998 AT 1753 CST, A BEECHCRAFT BARON, B-55, N9694Y, OWNED BY HEFFLEY AVIATION, INC., LOST ELECTRICAL POWER DURING A VECTORED IFR DESCENT INTO MEACHAM AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ALLIANCE AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS AFTER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE ENCOUNTERED, AND THE LANDING WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS MR. LYNN M. HEFFLEY, AIRLINE TRANSPORT CERTIFICATE NO. 2078811. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DENTON, TEXAS ON MARCH 6, 1998 AT 1700 CST.

## Other reports on N9694Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20090112000359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090112000359A), Jan 12, 2009: Beech 95A55 (N9694Y), Corona, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot stated about 20 – 50 feet after takeoff aircraft loss power on rt engine and veered rt and touched down and impacted two parked airplanes and a hangar.…
- [Incident 19920225018909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920225018909I), Feb 25, 1992: Beech 95A55 (N9694Y), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Main gear strut collapsed to full down on run up. Undetected left propeller strike found on next preflight.

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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