# Accident 19770812043269A: Beech 58, Parkersburg, WV, August 12, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1977
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Airport: Wood County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 39.2715° N, 81.5604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WOOD COUNTY (WV73), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2715&lon=-81.5604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9265Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9265Q-1978-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,444 total, 0 in this make and model, 256 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770812043269A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENG FUEL MANIFOLD VALVE SN5984RA DEFECT.RIGHT PROP FEATHERED.

## 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 IAD77FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FA059), Aug 12, 1977: Beech 58 (N9265Q), Parkersburg, WV, destroyed, 4 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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