# Incident 19880906060599I: Beech 77, Des Moines, IA, September 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1988, 21:15 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3815Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3815Z-2022-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 448 total, 8 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880906060599I

## Narrative

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

TOO LOW AND SLOW ON FINAL WHILE PRACTICING LANDINGS. STALLED, NOSE HIT HARD AND PROPELLER TIPS WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N3815Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20200620005879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200620005879A), Jun 20, 2020: Beech 77 (N3815Z), Elizabethton, TN, Destroyed. On June 20, [privacy data omitted] departed kmor for kphf with a passenger on board. [privacy data omitted] Encountered IMC conditions. Once [privacy data…

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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