# Incident 19811223081259I: Beech D55, Chesterfield, MO, December 23, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1981, 18:56 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6631° N, 90.5771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6631&lon=-90.5771&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7815R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7815R-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811223081259I

## Narrative

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

VEERED LEFT ON LANDING. WIND ROWS ON RUNWAY. LEFT MAIN TORQUE LINK BROKEN. NOSE PUSH PULL TUBE BUCKLED.

## Other reports on N7815R (1)

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

- [Accident 19830125001499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830125001499A), Jan 25, 1983: Beech D55 (N7815R), Cape Girardeau, MO, Destroyed. Failed to check gear down. Landed gear up.

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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