# Incident 19790508100289I: Beech 65B80, Lansing, MI, May 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capitol City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7325° N, 84.5555° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lansing, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7325&lon=-84.5555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1555M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65B80
- Reported engine: LYC IGSO540A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,000 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/19790508100289I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT NOT SIGNED OFF AFTER INSPECTION. LOST UPPER ENGINE COWLING IN FLIGHT. HAD NOT BEEN FASTENED.

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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