# Incident 20020606013139I: Beech 400BEECH, Wichita, KS, June 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2002, 17:40 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64VM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64VM-2025-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 400 (registry code 1155400, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 4,500 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/20020606013139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN LEFT OUT IN A RAINSTORM AT LATROBE, PA. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LATROBE, PA. (LBE) ON A FLIGHT TO SALINA, KANSAS. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR INTO FLIGHT, THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO RETARD THE THROTTLES. THE LEFT ENGINE CONTROL WAS FROZE AND WOULD NOT MOVE. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE WITH THE FUEL SHUTOFF. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT WICHITA, KANSAS UNEVENTFUL AND TAXIED TO RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT SERVICES. THE LEFT THROTTLE CABLE WAS FULL OF WATER AND BLOWN OUT WITH DRY NITROGEN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON UNEVENTFUL.

## Other reports on N64VM (1)

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

- [Incident 20210102000169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210102000169I), Jan 2, 2021: Beech 400 (N64VM), Palm Springs, CA, No damage. A passenger reported that there was a fire in the cabin above the lavatory seat and he threw a drink on it to extinguish it. The emergency checklist was…

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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