- Date
- April 10, 1987, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6681LBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870410069839I
- Case key
- 22283
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During cruise flight, the aircraft's right engine caught fire. The pilot shutdown the engine and feathered the prop, extinguishing the fire. The pilot declared an emergency with ATC and landed safely at an alternate airport, with only minor damage to the engine. On scene investigation revealed that the #4 cylinder head had come loose in flight, for undetermined reasons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6681L
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-1088
- Airframe hours
- 1,435
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Dry Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 3, 1987 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- CRP · Corpus Christi, TX
- Destination
- OUN · Norman, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 1F9 · Bridgeport Muni, runway 35, 3,500 × 60 ft, concrete
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,503 total · 1,154 in this make and model · 3,360 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.