# Incident 20201128017709I: Beech 58, Macon, GA, November 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2020, 09:05 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,267 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201128017709I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/28/2020 AIRCRAFT N209P A BEECHCRAFT BE58 DEPARTED PERRY- HOUSTON COUNTY AIRPORT (KPXE), PERRY GA. BOUND FOR BLUE GRASS AIRPORT (KLEX) LEXINGTON KY. ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. AFTER DEPARTING KPXE, THE PILOT INITIATED A CLIMB TO 7000 FEET AND TURNED NORTH EAST TO MCN VOR. JUST BEFORE ENTERING INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AT 6000 FEET HIS ELECTRONIC FLIGHT DISPLAY (EFD) INDICATED A FAILURE OF THE ATTITUDE AND HEADING SYSTEM (AHRS). THE PILOT TURNED 180 DEGREES TO REMAIN BETWEEN LAYERS AND IN VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) CONDITIONS, CONTACTED APPROACH CONTROL AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCE. HE ASSESSED THE SITUATION AND DETERMINED THAT HE COULD USE HIS WET COMPASS AND BACKUP G5 ATTITUDE INDICATOR TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT THEN ADVISED APPROACH THAT HE WANTED TO LAND AT MIDDLE GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT (KMCN) AND WAS VECTORED TO A TEN MILE FINAL FOR AN ILS APPROACH ON RUNWAY 05 AT KMCN. THE AIRCRAFT TRANSITIONED THROUGH THE CLOUDS AND LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N208P (1)

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

- [Incident 20030331008909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030331008909I), Mar 31, 2003: Beech 58 (N208P), Tunica, MS, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft N208P on landing Tunica (M97) rwy 18 the BE-58'S main landing gear contacted the edge of the runway. The aircraft taxied approximately 300' left…

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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