38.3498° N, 81.6326° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, WV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 6, 1979 · 05:17 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Kanawka
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
ANBFN
Reported as
Doug DC6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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.
Landed long. Tried to stop by reversing engines. Unsymmetrical reverse. Veered off end rwy. Crashed down enbankment
As the FAA filed it
LANDED LONG. TRIED TO STOP BY REVERSING ENGINES. UNSYMMETRICAL REVERSE. VEERED OFF END RWY. CRASHED DOWN ENBANKMENT