# Accident 19790825023129A: Beech 23BEECH, Cedar City, UT, August 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Airport: Cedar City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7010° N, 113.0989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CEDAR CITY RGNL (CDC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7010&lon=-113.0989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6597R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6597R-2011-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 113 total, 23 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DTM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTM23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790825023129A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT SEPARATED ON TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT.

## 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 DEN79DTM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTM23), Aug 25, 1979: Beech 23 (N6597R), Cedar City, UT, 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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