38.0642° N, 97.9086° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Hutchinson, KS, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 24, 1979 · 14:20 local
Place
Hutchinson, KS
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
XAFIW
Reported as
Lear 24D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total1,400 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.
While demonstrating engine failure takeoff aircraft struck snowbank with main gear collapsed on landing
As the FAA filed it
WHILE DEMONSTRATING ENGINE FAILURE TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT STRUCK SNOWBANK WITH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING