19790516026869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Rifle, CO · May 16, 1979

Date
May 16, 1979 · 10:30 local
Place
Rifle, CO
Airport
Garfield Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9197S
Reported as
Beech C23
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total11 in this make and model0 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.

Stalled aircraft 20 feet above runway and plane struck runway nose low.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED AIRCRAFT 20 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY AND PLANE STRUCK RUNWAY NOSE LOW.