# Incident 19790128002919I: Beech B24R, Hutchinson, KS, January 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0642° N, 97.9086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hutchinson, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0642&lon=-97.9086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18873, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18873-2022-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 50 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/19790128002919I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON WRONG RUNWAY NOT CLEARED OF SNOW. WAS CAUTIONED BY TOWER. HIT SNOW DURING ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND.

## Other reports on N18873 (1)

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

- [Accident 20200627005819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200627005819A), Jun 27, 2020: Beech C23 (N18873), Davenport, IA, Substantial damage. Runway 03, immediately after take-off rotation, the aircraft pitched nose up and the right wing dropped, rolling the aircraft to the right into a nose down…

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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