# Accident 19790718021849A: Beech D55, Troy, MI, July 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Troy, MI
- Airport: Oakland/Troy
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5429° N, 83.1779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND/TROY (VLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5429&lon=-83.1779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6288V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6288V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 525 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEC38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790718021849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO BRUSH & MUD. FOUND LEFT MAIN LNDG GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO BROKEN ATTACH BOLTS.

## 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 CHI79DEC38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC38), Jul 18, 1979: Beech D-55 (N6288V), Troy, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6288V (1)

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

- [Accident 19741109038579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741109038579A), Nov 9, 1974: Beech D55 (N6288V), Marion, IA, Substantial damage. Ldg gr warn horn did not go off.

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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