- Date
- February 1, 1985, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newbern, NC
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N640KBeech B-80
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850201073539A
- Case key
- 6739
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Fire
Engine assembly - fire
Engine assembly - undeterminedCause
Analysis
Pilot experienced left engine fire at cruise. Emergency procedures completed, extinguishing the fire. Left nacelle sustained substantial damage, preventing determination of fire orgin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N640K
- Reported as
- Beech B-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60-430
- Airframe hours
- 4,888
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO540-B1AID, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piedmont Beach Flyers Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1984 · 151 hours before
- Departed
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Destination
- Newbern, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Newbern, runway 23, 600 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,727 total · 1,923 in this make and model · 10,523 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.