19790513026669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 60 · New York, NY · May 13, 1979

Date: May 13, 1979 · 15:15 local
Place: New York, NY
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N79W
Reported as: Beech 60
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total525 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N79WRegistered now · Beech 65-A90-1S/N LM-77 · Built 1967 Airframe modelBeech 65-A90-1 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While VFR on top controller asked for heading change. Encountered edge of cell and damage to wing by hail and ice.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE VFR ON TOP CONTROLLER ASKED FOR HEADING CHANGE. ENCOUNTERED EDGE OF CELL AND DAMAGE TO WING BY HAIL AND ICE.