# Incident 19790217006209I: Beech 58, West Palm Beach, FL, February 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1979, 00:45 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N58TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58TA-2015-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,000 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/19790217006209I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FOR LANDING. GEAR MOTOR SHORTED.

## Other reports on N58TA (1)

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

- [Incident 20020806036989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020806036989I), Aug 6, 2002: Beech 58 (N58TA), Teterboro, NJ, Minor damage. (-23) At approximately 1205L the pilot of N58TA reported to ATC of landing gear problem. Aircraft made several low approaches, observed by ground personnel,…

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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