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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech E18S · Ft Leonard Wood, MO · July 25, 1979

Date
July 25, 1979 · 21:10 local
Place
Ft Leonard Wood, MO
Airport
Forney Aaf
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3785B
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79FA042
Reported as
Beech E18S
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,305 total489 in this make and model256 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.

Made emergency landing with suspect landing gear problem. Left gear collapsed. Found broken retract tube.

As the FAA filed it

MADE EMERGENCY LANDING WITH SUSPECT LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. FOUND BROKEN RETRACT TUBE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.