# Incident 20241220020279I: Beech 95, Bethlehem, NY, December 20, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2024, 12:40 local time
- Place: Bethlehem, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5856° N, 73.8219° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Bethlehem, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5856&lon=-73.8219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N661Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N661Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95 (registry code 1153402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,078 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241220020279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED AT 8:35 EST FROM FDW ENROUTE TO KDDH RNAV 13.  PILOT MAINTAINED ALTITUDE OF 9,000 FT DURING CRUISE PHASE OF FLIGHT.    DUE TO WEATHER CONCERNS, PILOT CLIMBED TO 10,000 FT JUST NORTHEAST OF MDT.  AS PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON PILOT CLIMBED TO 11,000 FT SSE OF AVP.  PILOT CONTINUED ON, A FURTHER CLIMB TO 12,000 FT JUST NORTHEST OF AVP WAS EXECUTED.  PILOT DECIDED HE DID NOT WANT TO CONTINUE IN THE CLOUDS AD DECIDED TO DIVERT TO KALB 80NM OUT.  PILOT PROCEDED TO ILS RWY 1.  PILOT MADE A FAST DESCENT WITH CARB HEAT ON.  AS SOON AS HE INTERCEPTED THE LOCALIZER, #1 ENGINE DIED, AND SHORTLY AFTER #2 ENGINE DIED.  MAX NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE WAS -12C.  PILOT DETERMINED HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH GLIDE DISTANCE TO MAKE KALB AND ELECTED TO EMERGENCY LAND ON INTERSTATE 87 BETWEEN 2 CARS.  PILOT EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING.  ALL THREE PERSONS ONBOARD WERE UNINJURED AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A SLIGHT GOUGE UNDER THE RIGHT WINGTIP AREA.

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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