# Incident 20091229053329I: Beech B-60, Homestead, FL, December 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2009, 08:45 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Airport: Homestead Arb
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DELR
- Location: 25.4886° N, 80.3836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOMESTEAD ARB (HST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4886&lon=-80.3836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515CT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-60
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-541 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 320 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/20091229053329I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY THE PILOT/OWNER FROM OCEAN REEF (07FA) TO HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT (X51) AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 HRS, 18 MILES AWAY, WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 GALLONS OF FUEL PER SIDE. ENROUTE TO HOMESTEAD THE PIC STATED AT 1500 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ERRATIC AIRCRAFT WAS BUCKING AND SURGING TO RIGHT. THE PIC STATED HE FEATHERED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT HE CALLED AHEAD TO 07FA TO NOTIFY HOMESTEAD ARB, HE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PIC MADE AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING AT HOMESTEAD ARB AND AFTERWARDS WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY.

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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