# Incident 19791220049039I: Beech C23, Dupage, IL, December 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1979, 19:35 local time
- Place: Dupage, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 41.6838° N, 88.0878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Township of Du Page, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6838&lon=-88.0878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5042M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5042M-2018-01-04) (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 C23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 875 total, 100 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/19791220049039I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING CAUSED RIGHT GEAR TO BREAK OFF.

## Other reports on N5042M (1)

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

- [Accident 19811113073889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811113073889A), Nov 13, 1981: Beech C23 (N5042M), West Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Stalled on high leveloff for landing. Hit runway, bounced, came down on nose. Veered off runway minus nose wheel.

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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