# Incident 19790218006609I: Beech 76, Charleston, WV, February 18, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1979, 23:45 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Kanawha
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N5222M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5222M-2006-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1G6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 50 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/19790218006609I

## Narrative

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

LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. STARTER RELAY PN DR1464 STUCK CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5222M (1)

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

- [Incident 19970202004789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970202004789I), Feb 2, 1997: Beech 76 (N5222M), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing roll. Props hit runway. Gear normal on jacks cause collapse undetermined.

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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