19791225041749A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C23 · Jacksonville, FL · December 25, 1979

Date
December 25, 1979 · 15:48 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Craig
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5171M
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80FLA13
Reported as
Beech C23
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
158 total25 in this make and model10 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.

Landed in gusty variable wind. Acft drifted off runway. Landed hard in grass parallel to rwy. Sheared gear.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN GUSTY VARIABLE WIND. ACFT DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY. LANDED HARD IN GRASS PARALLEL TO RWY. SHEARED GEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.