# Incident 19990721023239I: Beech 95B55, Harrisburg, PA, July 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1999, 11:09 local time
- Place: Harrisburg, PA
- Airport: Capital City
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2171° N, 76.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL CITY (CXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2171&lon=-76.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6079S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6079S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total, 100 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990721023239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 21, 1999, AT 1110 EDT, A BEECHCRAFT B-55 OWNED BY BARON COLEMILL, INC. AND PILOTED BY FITZWILLIAM W. KING JR., LOST ELECTRICAL POWER WHILE RECEIVING VECTORS AT CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT, NEW CUMBERLAND, PA. MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PART 91, IFR FLIGHT FROM GREENVILLE, SC TO CAPITAL CITY.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, BUT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WAS COMPLETED.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER ONE ALTERNATOR FIELD WINDINGS WERE SHORTED OUT, THE NUMBER 2 ALTERNATOR FIELD TERMINAL WIRE WAS BROKEN.  AN M OR D REPORT WILL FOLLOW.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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