# Incident 20060616022479I: Beech B24R, Portland, ME, June 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2006, 15:47 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6978R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6978R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060616022479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER SUCCESSFULLY PASSING HIS COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE PRACTICAL TEST, THIS PILOT WAS INITIATING A TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 18 AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL JETPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT AGL, THE PILOT STATED HE HEARD A LOUD POP AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE RADIO CONSOLE. SURMIZING THAT HE WAS ON FIRE, THE PILOT PULLED THE POWER OFF AND LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD. HE TOUCHED DOWN, WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED, AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAYS 18 AND 29. HIS AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 25 FT FROM THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO THE PROPELLER AND TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SHOWED AN AUDIO FILTER ON THE BACK OF THE AUDIO PANEL HAD EXPLODED FROM ELECTRICAL CURRENT. THAT EXPLOSION CAUSED THE SMOKE AND "POPPING" SOUND.

## Other reports on N6978R (1)

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

- [Accident 19750625018739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750625018739A), Jun 25, 1975: Beech B24R (N6978R), Muncie, IN, Substantial damage. Porpoised rwy 27,lndd rwy 9.gusting 35K.

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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