# Incident 19790420024479I: Beech 200BEECH, Charleston, WV, April 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1979, 15:45 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Kanawha
- Damage: Minor damage
- 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: N5ST, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5ST) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 2,600 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/19790420024479I

## Narrative

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

EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION AT 13000 FEET WHEN LEFT SIDE WINDOW BROKE OUT.  .

## Other reports on N5ST (1)

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

- [Incident 19891106058059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891106058059I), Nov 6, 1989: Beech 200BEECH (N5ST), Charleston, WV. No oil pressure in left engine. Shut down and landed without incident. Cause not stated.

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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