# Accident 19790619030989A: Cessna 421B, Charleston, WV, June 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1979, 12:22 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3498° N, 81.6326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3498&lon=-81.6326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69733, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69733-1983-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,008 total, 543 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790619030989A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DESCENDED INTO TREES ON INSTRUMENT APPROACH. PILOT HAD NO INSTRUMENT OR MULTI-ENGINE RATING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD79FA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA058), Jun 19, 1979: Cessna 421B (N69733), Charleston, WV, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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