# Incident 19780719043769I: Beech 35BEECH, Ft Worth, TX, July 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1978, 15:40 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Meacham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N799W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N799W-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 220 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/19780719043769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR DUE TO FAILURE OF THE HEIM ROD END OF THE RETRACT LINK ROD.

## Other reports on N799W (1)

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

- [Incident 19810207019879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810207019879I), Feb 7, 1981: Beech 35BEECH (N799W), Alamosa, CO, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear untill just prior to touchdown. Gear was in transit.

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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