# Incident 20091029052019I: Beech 58, Gary, IN, October 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2009, 09:23 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8HW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8HW-2014-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091029052019I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WAUKEGAN, KUGN SOUTHBOUND VFR TO FLORIDA. TEN MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE AT 1700 FT. OVER LAKE MICHIGAN THE PILOT TURNED ON THE STROBE LIGHTS. HE STATED HE THEN FELT THE AIRCRAFT SUTTER AND NOTICED THAT THE LEFT WINGLET WAS ON FIRE, FROM THE TRAILING EDGE. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT GYY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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