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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · Wichita, KS · December 16, 1978

Date: December 16, 1978 · 08:30 local
Place: Wichita, KS
Airport: Mid Continent
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4564M
Reported as: Beech 58
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4564MRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2014 · Beech 58S/N TH-916 · Built 1978 Airframe modelBeech 58 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot noticed damaged elevator in flight. Does not know how or when damage was sustained.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT NOTICED DAMAGED ELEVATOR IN FLIGHT. DOES NOT KNOW HOW OR WHEN DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED.