MKC89LA198
1989-09-21 · LITTLEFORK, Minnesota, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport NONE
Current FAA registration · N132BA
- Make / Model
- BEECH 65-B80
- Engine
- LYCOMING IO-720 (400 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 9 seats · 2 engines
- Last airworthiness date
- 19880506
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S A082B9
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
TOTAL FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DURING IFR OPERATIONS & THE AIRCRAFT'S COLLISION WITH A ROCK FENCE DURING THE SUBSEQUENT GEAR-UP PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.
Factual narrative
THE PILOT STATED THAT, DURING AN IFR CARGO OPERATION, THE AIRCRAFT HAD A TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. HE DESCENDED TO VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS AND ELECTED TO ATTEMPT AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. HE WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY SO DECIDED TO LAND GEAR UP. THE ACFT SLID FOR CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE IN THE FIELD, THEN STRUCK A ROCK FENCE. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN WIRE ON AN ELECTRICAL CANNON PLUG, LOCATED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE FIREWALL, THAT HAD SHORTED OUT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1989_MKC89LA198.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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