# Incident 20091102050879I: Beech 58, Grand Rapids, MI, November 2, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2009, 11:34 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Gerald R. Ford International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N58A
- Location: 42.8808° N, 85.5228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GERALD R FORD INTL (GRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8808&lon=-85.5228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58GE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58GE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091102050879I

## Narrative

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

BARON N58GE BE-58 AIRCRAFT ON A PART 135 ON DEMAND FLIGHT ENROUTE FROM GREENVILLE MICHIGAN (6D6) TO CHICAGO MIDWAY (MDW) EXPERIENCED VIBRATIONS FROM THE LEFT HAND ENGINE. THE VIBRATIONS RAPIDLY GOT MORE SEVERE. THE PILOT SECURED THE ENGINE AND FEATHERED THE PROPELLER. HE THEN ELECTED TO LAND AT GERALD FORD AIRPORT, GRAND RAPIDS, MI (GRR). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO A REPAIR STATION ON THE FIELD FOR FURTHER EVALUATION.

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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