# Incident 20080402831539I: Beech 58TC, Laurel, MT, April 2, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2008, 15:11 local time
- Place: Laurel, MT
- Airport: Laurel Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7052° N, 108.7608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUREL MUNI (6S8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7052&lon=-108.7608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1896L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1896L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,508 total, 2,478 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080402831539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 2, 2008, AT 1511 MDT, A BEECH 58T, N1896L, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE PONTIAC GMC TRUCK, WAS FLYING FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, TO GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, WHEN HIS LEFT HAND ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AT 16,000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES SW OF BILLINGS, MT WHEN THE PILOT FEATHERED THE LEFT HAND ENGINE AND PROP. PRIOR TO THE LEFT HAND ENGINE BEING SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS WITH NO IN-FLIGHT PROBLEMS. THE CERTIFICATED PILOT NOTIFIED BILLINGS, MONTANA, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER OF HIS CONDITION AND DIVERTED TO LAUREL, MONTANA, TO LAND. AT THAT TIME THE PILOT'S RIGHT HAND ENGINE, THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RUNNING GOOD, ALSO STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESTART THE LEFT HAND ENGINE IN-FLIGHT AFTER IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND NO FUEL FLOW FLUCUATIONS WERE NOTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN UNDER PART 91 HAD BEEN FILED. SEE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON ATTACHED PAGE.

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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