# Incident 19780119003619I: Beech D55, Huntington, WV, January 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1978, 13:45 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri State
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7975M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7975M-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780119003619I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND WAS SHUTDOWN. UNEVENTFUL APPROACH. LEAK FOUND IN GOVERNOR OIL PRESSURE LINE.

## Other reports on N7975M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19861210082349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861210082349A), Dec 10, 1986: Beech 95C55 (N7975M), Ivel, KY, Destroyed. The aircraft struck trees and terrain while flying under a low cloud deck. Pilot flying VFR in IFR conditions.

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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