# Incident 19790511026429I: Cessna 550, Marshall, LA, May 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Marshall, LA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7182° N, 92.7968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mars Hill, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7182&lon=-92.7968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222WL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222WL-1991-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,200 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/19790511026429I

## Narrative

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

COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE ON IFR FLIGHT. FAIL SAFE ITEM WITHIN STARTER RELAY BROKE.

## Other reports on N222WL (1)

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

- [Accident 19830206005982A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830206005982A), Feb 6, 1983: Cessna 550 (N222WL), Houston, TX, Destroyed. Collison occurred when N100VV taxied onto active runway when 222WL was on takeoff run.

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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