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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 23BEECH · Manchester, IA · February 26, 1979

Date
February 26, 1979 · 11:35 local
Place
Manchester, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6008J
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79FCD1Z
Reported as
Beech 23BEECH
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
129 total49 in this make and model5 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 was circling a snowmobile race strip which he thought was the airport. Let a/c stall. Too low for recovery

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS CIRCLING A SNOWMOBILE RACE STRIP WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS THE AIRPORT. LET A/C STALL. TOO LOW FOR RECOVERY

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.