# NTSB ATL85LA087: Beech B-80, N640K, Newbern, NC, February 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 1, 1985, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Newbern, NC
- Coordinates: 35.110164, -77.070426 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1102&lon=-77.0704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 8 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6739
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6739/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA087

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Fire, cruise
  - engine assembly - fire
  - engine assembly - undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N640K-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N LD430 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-80
- Registry model: [Beech 65-B80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-b80) (registry code 1152812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 60-430
- Airframe hours: 4888
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850201073539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850201073539A), Feb 1, 1985: Beech 65B80, Newbern, NC, Substantial damage. Left engine fire at start of visual approach. Engine shut down and fire went out. Cause undetermined due to damage

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.

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