FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Marshall, LA · May 11, 1979
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Complete electrical failure on IFR flight. Fail safe item within starter relay broke.
COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE ON IFR FLIGHT. FAIL SAFE ITEM WITHIN STARTER RELAY BROKE.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.