34.4952° N, 91.5486° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Stuttgart, AR, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 12, 1979 · 21:30 local
Place
Stuttgart, AR
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N180K
Reported as
Beech 6590
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total325 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.
Outboard portion of right elevator separated in flight, landed safely. Left elevator spar cracked, cause unknown.
As the FAA filed it
OUTBOARD PORTION OF RIGHT ELEVATOR SEPARATED IN FLIGHT, LANDED SAFELY. LEFT ELEVATOR SPAR CRACKED, CAUSE UNKNOWN.