# Incident 19790807029559I: Beech 6580, Chantilly, VA, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 09:40 local time
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Airport: Dulles
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8892° N, 77.4421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chantilly, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8892&lon=-77.4421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99FA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99FA-2013-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-80 (registry code 1152806, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 6580
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79IA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79IA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807029559I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE EMITTING FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL. REGULATOR AND ALTERNATORS FAILED.

## 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 IAD79IA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79IA066), Aug 7, 1979: Beech 65-80 (N99FA), Washington, DC, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N99FA (1)

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

- [Incident 19800202030899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800202030899I), Feb 2, 1980: Beech 6580 (N99FA), Sparrows Point, MD. Pilot refused to change altitude when asked by baltimore approach control. ATC vectoed IFR traffic around him.

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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