39.4294° N, 83.8177° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, OH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 26, 1980 · 20:30 local
Place
Wilmington, OH
Airport
Industrial
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9878C
Reported as
Beech 18/
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985AN1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,738 total84 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.
Engine roughness, stoppage, fire. Gear collapsed on landing. Fire damaged brake.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE ROUGHNESS, STOPPAGE, FIRE. GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. FIRE DAMAGED BRAKE.