# Incident 19790430025269I: Beech B23BEECH, Alabaster, AL, April 30, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1979, 13:25 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N285G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N285G-1989-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 150 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/19790430025269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN IN MODERATE GUSTY WIND.

## Other reports on N285G (1)

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

- [Accident 19860824044329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860824044329A), Aug 24, 1986: Beech B19 (N285G), Ardmore, AL, Substantial damage. Attempted to go around but aircraft touched down and overran runway. Pilot had little short field experience.

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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