# Accident 19780809024629A: Beech C23, Grants, NM, August 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1978
- Place: Grants, NM
- Airport: Grants-Milan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.1673° N, 107.9021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANTS-MILAN MUNI (GNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1673&lon=-107.9021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23986, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23986) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 17 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FQA48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FQA48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780809024629A

## Narrative

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

STEERING ARM ROD END FAILED FROM PREVIOUS DAMAGE.

## 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 DEN78FQA48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FQA48), Aug 9, 1978: Beech C23 (N23986), Grants, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N23986 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790618015732A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790618015732A), Jun 18, 1979: Beech C23 (N23986), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Student pilot's acft was hit from behind by other acft while holding on taxiway.

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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