# Accident 20040716030289A: Beech A45, La Grange, GA, July 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2004, 10:00 local time
- Place: La Grange, GA
- Airport: Callaway Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1117° N, 85.1339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1117&lon=-85.1339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N134BH-2005-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A45 (registry code 1152006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A45
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA157) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040716030289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPROXIMATELY 1000 LOCAL TIME BE-A45-B45 N134BH WAS 14 MILES FROM THE LAGRANGE AIRPORT (LGC) AT 7,500 FEET. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGHLY WITH A NOTED LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, AFTER DETERMINING THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE LAGRANGE AIRPORT, ELECTED TO LAND INTO SOME SMALL PINE TREES. OIL COVERED THE WINDSCREEN AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL04LA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA157), Jul 16, 2004: Beech A45 (N134BH), LaGrange, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The maintenance personnel under-torquing of the crankcase throughbolts during top overhaul, which resulted in crankcase fretting, and the subsequent fatigue failure of the crankshaft at the No. 4…

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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