# Incident 19791208047969I: Beech 9555, Louisville, KY, December 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5932S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5932S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 9555
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 500 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/19791208047969I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK SMALL FORMATION OF GEESE. MINOR LEADING EDGE AND FUSELAGE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5932S (1)

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

- [Incident 20220917015819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220917015819I), Sep 17, 2022: Beech 95-C55 (N5932S), Helena, MT, Minor damage. On September 17,2022[privacy data omitted] landed at the Helena Regional Airport. Shortly after touching down and rolling out the nose gear collapsed causing…

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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