# Incident 20081115852479I: Beech 2000, Liberal, KS, November 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2008, 13:20 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal Mid-America Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0439° N, 100.9600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIBERAL MID-AMERICA RGNL (LBL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0439&lon=-100.9600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8244L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8244L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 2000 (registry code 1152000, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 2000
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A76A
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081115852479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 15, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1820Z TIME, AFTER DEPARTURE FROM WILEY POST AIRPORT (PWA) AND ENROUTE TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL (DEN), THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE AT 34,000 FT. WHEN AVIONICS AND PRIMARY ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST AND SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT.  EMERGENCY DESCENT WAS EXECUTED AND RADIO CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTED WITH NO AVAIL.  THE AIRACRAFT LANDED AT LIBERAL, KS, (LBL) WITHOUT INCIDENT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N8244L (1)

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

- [Incident 20080409831699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080409831699I), Apr 9, 2008: Beech 2000 (N8244L), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft departed okc, will rogers, IFR enroute to hsd, Sundance Airpark. At approximately 1705 local time, aircraft landed at hsd. Approximately 3500…

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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