# Incident 19781202021659I: Beech D95A, West Palm Beach, FL, December 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1978, 19:15 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3740Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3740Q-1979-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D95A (registry code 1153408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D95A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,285 total, 126 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/19781202021659I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REACHED FOR FLAPS AND RETRACED GEAR ON TAKEOFF ROLL.

## Other reports on N3740Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19790402026522A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790402026522A), Apr 2, 1979: Beech D95A (N3740Q), Davie, FL, Destroyed. Collided with another aircraft in flight while departing airport traffic area. Crashed out of control.

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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