# Incident 19870630037119I: Beech 58, Wichita, KS, June 30, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1987, 00:10 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GPFA
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1678W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1678W-1991-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870630037119I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FOR LANDING.  FOUND THE BELL CRANK BROKEN.

## Other reports on N1678W (1)

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

- [Incident 19850528031929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850528031929I), May 28, 1985: Beech 58 (N1678W), Dallas, TX. Pilot started to trim aircraft and trim wheel started spinning. Mechanic found broken trim cable.

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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