# Incident 19991103033149I: Beech 95C55, Lafayette, LA, November 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1999, 08:15 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N771TV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991103033149I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON TAKE-OFF ROLL, AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A VIBRATION WHICH THE PILOT BELIEVED TO BE A TIRE. HE NOTICED THE LEFT ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE SEVERELY, SO HE ABORTED THE TAKE-OFF, WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES. INSPECTION REVEALED THE LEFT PROPELLER SPINNER TORN AND ONE BLADE COUNTERWEIGHT MISSING. COUNTERWEIGHT ASSEMBLY HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED.

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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