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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Des Moines, IA · March 30, 1979

Date
March 30, 1979 · 22:15 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N7153N
Reported as
Beech D55
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,700 total400 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.

Assymetrical flap condition on approach, due to left flap drive cable core had pulled out of swaged end fitting.

As the FAA filed it

ASSYMETRICAL FLAP CONDITION ON APPROACH, DUE TO LEFT FLAP DRIVE CABLE CORE HAD PULLED OUT OF SWAGED END FITTING.

Other reports on N7153N · 1

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