# Incident 19800128019819I: Beech 76, Farmingdale, NY, January 28, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6697D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6697D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 30 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/19800128019819I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEMO. AFTER ENGINE SHUT DOWN & FEATHER, ACCUMULATOR FOUND TO BE INOP. ACCUMULATOR WAS NOT CHARGED.

## Other reports on N6697D (1)

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

- [Incident 20080102010799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080102010799I), Jan 2, 2008: Beech 76 (N6697D), Milwaukee, WI, Minor damage. (-23) On January 2, 2008, at 1804 CST, Beech BE-76, N6697D, started a take off roll on rwy 33R, kmwc, under VFR conditions to perform local, pattern…

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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