41.6005° N, 93.6091° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 4, 1978 · 14:30 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N340FB
Reported as
Cessna 340A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,709 total525 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.
Gear retracted on roll out, no mechanical malfunction found.
As the FAA filed it
GEAR RETRACTED ON ROLL OUT, NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION FOUND.