# Incident 20201127019739I: Raytheon Aircraft Company 58, Chestefield, MO, November 27, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2020, 19:55 local time
- Place: Chestefield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4324V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4324V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 58 (registry code 7150003, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201127019739I

## Narrative

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

PER THE PILOT, WHILE PRACTICING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES TO THE KSUS AIRPORT, THE RIGHT ENGINE ALTERNATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE ALTERNATOR LOAD WAS VERIFIED ZERO BY INDICATION. SOON AFTER, THE RIGHT ENGINE BEGAN EMINATING SPARKS FROM THE FRONT COWL OPENINGS, FOLLOWED BY FLAME. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN PER CHECKLIST PROCEDURES AND AN EMERGENCY DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED KSUS AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS SECURED ACCORDING TO THE POST LANDING CHECKLIST.

UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, THE RIGHT ENGINE SUFFERED NUMEROUS FRACTURES IN THE CASE HALF AND THE ACCESSORY DRIVE. MINOR DAMAGE NOTED TO THE ENGINE COWL.

## Other reports on N4324V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050511011629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050511011629I), May 11, 2005: Beech 58 (N4324V), Cahokia, IL, Minor damage. (-23) The FAR part 91 currency flight originated in ksus. After an approach into kaln, the BE-58 proceeded to kcps for a visual, simulated single engine…

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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