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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech B-60 · St. Louis, MO · October 2, 2023

Date
October 2, 2023 · 11:55 local
Place
St. Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N217RB
Reported as
Beech B-60
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-541 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
23,800 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Cruising at 18000 feet mean sea level, the left engine lost power and immediately stopped rotation and froze up. The propeller did not go into feather. The pilot declared an emergency and landed at St. Louis Lambert international airport (kstl) without any further issue.

As the FAA filed it

CRUISING AT 18000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL, THE LEFT ENGINE LOST POWER AND IMMEDIATELY STOPPED ROTATION AND FROZE UP. THE PROPELLER DID NOT GO INTO FEATHER. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT ST. LOUIS LAMBERT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSTL) WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ISSUE.