# Accident 20230518009109A: Beech 35-C33A, Indianola, MS, May 18, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2023, 08:17 local time
- Place: Indianola, MS
- Airport: Indianola Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4838° N, 90.6787° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4838&lon=-90.6787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63B-2024-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33A (registry code 1151410, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-C33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,335 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230518009109A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DPARTED IDL RUNWAY 36. UPON CLIMB OUT HE SMELLED PLATIC BURNING AND NOTICED A FIRE AND MILD SMOKE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE COCKPIT BELOW THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ABOVE THE RUDDER PEDALS. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT, TO NO AVAIL. TURNED THE MASTE SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. LANDED GEAR UP IN RUNWAY 36. BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, THE CABIN WAS FULL OF SMOKE AND HAD TO FEEL FOR THE DOOR HANDLE. EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED 911. THE PILOT THEN USED HIS PHONE TO VIDEO THE SMOKE AND THEN THE FIRE THAT FOLLOWED. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON THE SCENE WITHIN 10 MINUTES AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH FOAM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. NO PASSENGERS. PILOT HAD NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN23LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA194), May 18, 2023: Beech 35-C33A (N63B), Indianola, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: An in-flight fire for undetermined reasons.

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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