32.7254° N, 97.3208° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 24, 1979 · 11:20 local
Place
Ft Worth, TX
Airport
Meacham
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N24184
Reported as
Beech F33A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total25 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.
Pilot asked to keep speed up on final, failed to reduce speed for touchdown. Bounced, hit nosewheel bent fork.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT ASKED TO KEEP SPEED UP ON FINAL, FAILED TO REDUCE SPEED FOR TOUCHDOWN. BOUNCED, HIT NOSEWHEEL BENT FORK.