# Accident 19810423020079A: Beech 35BEECH, Oklahoma City, OK, April 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1981, 17:15 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Expressway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4676&lon=-97.5164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5560D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,944 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FPJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPJ22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810423020079A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF RUNWAY HITTING CURB WHICH COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW81FPJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPJ22), Apr 23, 1981: Beech H35 (N5560D), Oklahoma City, OK, substantial damage

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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