41.6005° N, 93.6091° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 22, 1979 · 02:10 local
Place
Des Moines, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N730CE
Reported as
Beech B90
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,556 total686 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.
Aircraft left runway during night IFR landing striking runway light.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LEFT RUNWAY DURING NIGHT IFR LANDING STRIKING RUNWAY LIGHT.