# Accident 20120920022069A: Beech 95-C55, September 20, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2012, 15:48 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4798° N, 86.4909° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4798&lon=-86.4909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N265Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N265Q-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-C55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 230 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA652](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA652) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120920022069A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CAUGHT ON FIRE AT CRUISE FLIGHT 11,000 FT. PILOT NOTICED FIRE BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL BETWEEN GLARESHIELD AND INSTURMENT PANEL THEN MADE EMERGENCY DITCHING IN GULF OF MEXICO.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN12LA652](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA652), Sep 20, 2012: Beech 95-C55 (N265Q), (Gulf of Mexico), substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight fire, which resulted in the airplane’s forced landing in water. The source of the fire could not be determined because the airplane wreckage was not recovered.

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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