# Incident 19790917023599I: Beech A2324, Asbury, NJ, September 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1979, 14:20 local time
- Place: Asbury, NJ
- Airport: Solberg
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6989° N, 75.0078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asbury, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6989&lon=-75.0078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7984L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7984L-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23-24 (registry code 1151226, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A2324
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,243 total, 78 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790917023599I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO ENGINE VIBRATION AND POWER LOSS. CONNECTING ROD HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N7984L (1)

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

- [Accident 19950519012079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950519012079A), May 19, 1995: Beech A2324 (N7984L), Atlantic City, NJ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Landed downwind. Tried go around. Hit bulkhead then water. Sank. Pilot drowned. Gross wind misjudgement.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.