36.9868° N, 91.9616° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Willow Springs, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 20, 1978 · 15:30 local
Place
Willow Springs, MO
Airport
Memorial
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7057N
Reported as
Beech V35A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total580 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Attempt by local pilot to land on snow covered sod runway resulted in loss of directional control.
As the FAA filed it
ATTEMPT BY LOCAL PILOT TO LAND ON SNOW COVERED SOD RUNWAY RESULTED IN LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.