# Accident 19790623025619A: Beech E18S, Homestead, FL, June 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76LA-1984-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKT76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKT76) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790623025619A

## Narrative

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

LANDED AT PRIVATE STRIP WITHOUT RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN. STRUCK PARKED ACFT & CAR. PLT. ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION DOPE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FKT76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKT76), Jun 23, 1979: Beech 18 (N76LA), Homestead, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N76LA (2)

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

- [Accident 19810917059139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810917059139A), Sep 17, 1981: Beech E18S (N76LA), Cape Haitien, FL, Destroyed. Lost engine on takeoff. Unable to return to airport, tried to land other airport. Missed runway, hit trees, burned.
- [Accident 19790103000152A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790103000152A), Jan 3, 1979: Beech E18S (N76LA), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft was involved in a mid-air collision. The empennage was damaged by an overtaking airccraft. Landed safe

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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