27.5969° N, 98.4138° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Benavides, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 28, 1981
Place
Benavides, TX
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NR209
Reported as
Beech 50
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Aircraft found abandoned in field. Gear collapsed when aircraft purposely ground looped during landing.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT FOUND ABANDONED IN FIELD. GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN AIRCRAFT PURPOSELY GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING.