# Incident 19790508025899I: Beech 23BEECH, Marion, OH, May 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1979, 19:10 local time
- Place: Marion, OH
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5967° N, 83.1232° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5967&lon=-83.1232&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8865M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8865M-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 25 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/19790508025899I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING CAUSED COLLAPSE OF NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N8865M (1)

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

- [Accident 19791022030339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791022030339A), Oct 22, 1979: Beech 23BEECH (N8865M), Bradford, PA, Substantial damage. Engine stopped on final,due to fuel exhaustion of right tank. Switched to half full,left tank. Failed to use boost

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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