# Accident 19790505014379A: Beech C23, Saltsburg, PA, May 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1979, 18:45 local time
- Place: Saltsburg, PA
- Airport: J&W
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4846° N, 79.4482° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saltsburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4846&lon=-79.4482&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6550R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6550R-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (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 C23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 114 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790505014379A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON LAST THIRD OF RUNWAY,ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND,STALLED AND CRASHED.

## 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 NYC79FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA045), May 5, 1979: Beech C-23 (N6550R), Saltsburg, PA, substantial damage, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N6550R (1)

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

- [Accident 19780318010849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780318010849A), Mar 18, 1978: Beech A2319 (N6550R), Athens, NY, Substantial damage. Acft crossed barriers at end of rwy,continued thru snow field baner 4 inch ditch and highway.

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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