# Accident 19790708025059A: Beech C23, Amarillo, TX, July 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Tradewind
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1699° N, 101.8259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRADEWIND (TDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1699&lon=-101.8259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2074K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2074K-1991-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 9 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DQG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DQG48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708025059A

## Narrative

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

LANDED HARD IN A CRAB. ACFT PORPOISED UNTIL NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. FACTOR; PILOT SKILL.

## 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 FTW79DQG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DQG48), Jul 8, 1979: Beech C23 (N2074K), Amarillo, TX, substantial damage

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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