33.5207° N, 86.8025° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 1, 1979 · 15:03 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9186A
Reported as
Beech C23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
74 total2 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 made hard landing which caused the landing gear to collapse .
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MADE HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE .