| Crash location | 30.533056°N, 91.150000°W |
| Nearest city | Baton Rouge, LA
30.450746°N, 91.154551°W 5.7 miles away |
| Tail number | N190RS |
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| Accident date | 08 Jun 2018 |
| Aircraft type | Beech 58 |
| Additional details: | None |
On June 8, 2018, about 1605 central daylight time, a Beech 58 airplane, N190RS, sustained substantial damage during initial climb from the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when the right wing caught on fire. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was registered to Bonanza Partners LLC and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and the flight was being operated on an instrument flight plan. The flight was departing BTR and was en route to the Jonesboro Municipal Airport (JBR), Jonesboro, Louisiana.
The pilot reported that during the initial climb from runway 31 about 200 ft above ground level, she heard a loud bang from the right wing and subsequently saw fire near the right wingtip. She made an emergency landing on runway 13 at BTR and the airport fire department extinguished the fire. The location of the fire was outboard of the right engine near the wingtip and auxiliary fuel tank. The aluminum wing skin exhibited black charring, burn holes, popped rivets, and buckling on the top and bottom of the wing.