# Incident 19790330013029I: Beech D55, Des Moines, IA, March 30, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1979, 22:15 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7153N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7153N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 400 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/19790330013029I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19940505014819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940505014819I), May 5, 1994: Beech D55 (N7153N), Bloomfield, IA, Minor damage. While taxiing on grass to parking place the nose wheel sank in mud. Nose gear collapsed.

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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