# Accident 19781224044749A: Beech 58, Cross Cty, FL, December 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1978
- Place: Cross Cty, FL
- Airport: Cross City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 29.6355° N, 83.1047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS CITY (CTY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6355&lon=-83.1047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9408Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9408Q-2009-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLA1Z](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLA1Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781224044749A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA79DLA1Z](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLA1Z), Dec 24, 1978: Beech 58 (N9408Q), Cross Cty, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9408Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19961115035909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961115035909I), Nov 15, 1996: Beech 58 (N9408Q), Galveston, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot stated there was heavy radio traffic on approach to gls, and he was having trouble communicating with ATC. He missed first approach and…

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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