# Incident 20000812028499I: Beech B95, San Antonio, TX, August 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2000, 18:30 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Stinson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3370° N, 98.4710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STINSON MUNI (SSF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3370&lon=-98.4710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N966T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N966T-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B95 (registry code 1153404, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b95) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B95
- Pilot flight hours: 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000812028499I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON AUGUST 12, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830, A BE-95 OPERATED BY STINSON AIR CENTER DEPARTED RUNWAY 14 AT STINSON FIELD (SSF) FOR A COMMERCIAL MULTIENGINE PRACTICAL TEST. THE APPLICANT'S INSTRUCTOR WAS ALSO ON BOARD.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF,THE DPE REPORTED SMELLING ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND HAD TO OPEN THE PILOT'S SIDE WINDOW TO CLEAR THE COCKPIT.  THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER TOLD THE CREW THEY HAD SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE.  THE DPE TOOK THE CONTROLS, FEATHERED THE LEFT ENGINE AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 9.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL ON BOARD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE.

## Other reports on N966T (2)

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

- [Incident 20000722026399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000722026399I), Jul 22, 2000: Beech B95 (N966T), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. (-23)At approximately on July 22, 2000, [privacy data omitted] , was the pilot in command of Beechcraft BE-95, N966T. [privacy data omitted] Was performing the…
- [Incident 20000228017099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000228017099I), Feb 28, 2000: Beech B95 (N966T), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. (-23) See attached cc-mail message dated 02/29/2000 at 11:11 am and attachment two.

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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