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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 23BEECH · Norfolk, VA · March 11, 1980

Date
March 11, 1980 · 09:30 local
Place
Norfolk, VA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1970R
Reported as
Beech 23BEECH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total40 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.

Pilot offered runway 32 twice, chose to land on 23. Landed in grass adjacent to runway, hitting runway lights

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OFFERED RUNWAY 32 TWICE, CHOSE TO LAND ON 23. LANDED IN GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY, HITTING RUNWAY LIGHTS

Other reports on N1970R · 1

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