19790501026839A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C23 · Birmingham, AL · May 1, 1979

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
N9186S
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FKJ36
Reported as
Beech C23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
76 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 said he let aircraft balloon on landing. Dropped in hard, collapsing landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SAID HE LET AIRCRAFT BALLOON ON LANDING. DROPPED IN HARD, COLLAPSING LANDING GEAR.

NTSB investigation

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