- Date
- May 14, 1983, 10:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Abilene, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63310Beech TC-45G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830514019469A
- Case key
- 20901
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
About 30 mi east of Abilene there was a partial loss of power on the left eng. The plt feathered the prop & made an emergency approach into Abilene. Unable to hold initial approach altitude, the plt restarted the left eng, but could obtain only partial power. The prop stayed in the feathered position & the eng died during the landing roll. While attempting to restart the eng for taxi, he was informed by a following acft that his left eng was on fire. Inspection showed evidence of a fire in the left eng accessory section which had burned through the top, bottom & left skin areas of the nacelle. Fire damage aft of the firewall was only in a small area but evidence revealed some scorching & relatively high temp exposure to the area of the main wing spar. Within the accessory area, there was extensive fire damage to fuel lines, accessory case & related components.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63310
- Reported as
- Beech TC-45G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF 131
- Airframe hours
- 5,396
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Abc Airlines Inc.
- Registered owner
- James Hudson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 4, 1983
- Departed
- DFW · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- MAF · Midland, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- ABI · Abilene Municipal, runway 35, 7,200 × 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,600 total · 3,560 in this make and model · 12,600 as pilot in command · 138 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.