# Incident 19821002064039I: Piper PA28R201, Beckley, WV, October 2, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1982, 08:30 local time
- Place: Beckley, WV
- Airport: Raleigh County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7873° N, 81.1242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH COUNTY MEML (BKW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7873&lon=-81.1242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6899C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6899C-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821002064039I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. FOUND STARTER SOLENOID RELAY, P/N 99130-02,STILL ENGAGED.REPLACED THE RELAY

## Other reports on N6899C (2)

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

- [Accident 20181027020959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181027020959A), Oct 27, 2018: Piper PA-28R-201 (N6899C), Hobbs, NM, Substantial damage. On October 27, 2018, at approximately 1940 MST, N6899C, a Piper PA-28R impacted the terrain 3.5 miles east of Hobbs airport (khob), Hobbs, new Mexico. The…
- [Accident 20011028030629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011028030629A), Oct 28, 2001: Piper PA28R201 (N6899C), Lapeer, MI, No damage. (-23) Pilot and instructor was practicing takeoff and landings on hard surface runway 18 which were performed successfully. They then transitioned to the grass…

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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