# Incident 19780729044279I: Beech B18S, Deering, AK, July 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1978, 03:45 local time
- Place: Deering, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 66.0693° N, 162.7648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deering, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.0693&lon=-162.7648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N477GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N477GM-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 700 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/19780729044279I

## Narrative

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

ZW LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N477GM (1)

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

- [Accident 19791025041489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791025041489A), Oct 25, 1979: Beech E18S (N477GM), Kotzebue, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot lost power on one engine. Crashed during aborted takeoff.

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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