# Accident 19751104040529A: Beech 65A90, Charleston, WV, November 4, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1975
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Kanawha
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.3498° N, 81.6326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3498&lon=-81.6326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N221MJ-1976-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 4,596 total, 3,923 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751104040529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT CAME TO REST IN WOODS DOWNHILL OF DIRT BANK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD76AI028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI028), Nov 4, 1975: Beech C90 (N221MJ), Charleston, WV, destroyed, 6 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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