# Incident 19780131001699I: Beech 99, Morgantown, WV, January 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1978, 09:55 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8558R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,038 total, 4,145 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78IA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780131001699I

## Narrative

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

AIRPORT WAS TAXIED INTO SNOW DRIFT THAT WAS ACROSS A CLOSED RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## 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 IAD78IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78IA037), Jan 31, 1978: Beech B99 (N8558R), Morgantown, WV, incident, minor damage

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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