# Incident 20230529006319I: Beech 95-B55 (T42A), Zionsville, IN, May 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2023, 16:06 local time
- Place: Zionsville, IN
- Airport: Indy Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9509° N, 86.2619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zionsville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9509&lon=-86.2619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N955RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N955RH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230529006319I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 29, 2023, A BEECHCRAFT BARON 95-B55 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DOWAGIAC MICHIGAN (C19) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN ENROUTE TO JOHN C. TUNE AIRPORT (JWN) IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE. WHILE FLYING SOUTH AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FEET THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG. HE OBSERVED OIL STREAKING ON THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE AFFECTED ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT INDIANAPOLIS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT 2018Z, CLEARED THE ACTIVE RUNWAY BUT, HAD TO BE TOWED TO PARKING. THE PILOT AND 4 PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL FAILURE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE.

## Other reports on N955RH (1)

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

- [Incident 20080726842339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080726842339I), Jul 26, 2008: Beech 95B55 (N955RH), Norfolk, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was conducting a practice coupled I.l.s and neglected to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown.

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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