# Accident 20180608007329A: Beech 58, Baton Rouge, LA, June 8, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2018, 16:05 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport: Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5331° N, 91.1500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5331&lon=-91.1500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N190RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N190RS) (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: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 50 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180608007329A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKE-OFF ON RWY 31, PILOT HEARD LOUD BOOM AT ~200FT, NOTICED WRINKLES IN RIGHT WING. NOTIFIED TOWER OF POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE AND STARTED TURN TO THE LEFT TO LAND RWY 31. ABOUT HALF WAY INTO TURN NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM RIGHT WING, NOTIFIED ATC OF FIRE AND CHANGING TO RIGHT TURN TO LAND RWY 13 (SHORTER DISTANCE TO RWY). FEATHERED RIGHT PROP AFTER TURNING ~180 DEGREES FOR RWY 13. LANDED 13 ABEAM TAXIWAY SIERRA AND ROLLED PAST INTERSECTIONS FOR RWY 4L & 4R STOPPING HALFWAY TO END OF RWY 13.

## 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 CEN18LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA221), Jun 8, 2018: Beech 58 (N190RS), Baton Rouge, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper insulation of the anticollision light wiring, which resulted in the ignition of combustible fuel vapors in the outboard section of the right wing; the source of the fuel leak could not…

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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