# Incident 19960723032919I: Beech 58, Waxahachie, TX, July 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1996, 22:30 local time
- Place: Waxahachie, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3865° N, 96.8483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waxahachie, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3865&lon=-96.8483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,594 total, 350 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960723032919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT, DARRYL P. DIDIER, WHILE ATTEMPTING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT THE WAXAHACHIE AIRPORT (4TG), CONTACTED THE TOP WIRE OF A TEXAS UTILITIES POWER LINE. THE AIRCRAFT, N96BD, A BEECHCRAFT MODEL 58, SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RADOME, LEFT ENGINE, LEFT FLAP, BOTH PROPELLERS,AND SOME SKIN DAMAGE. AFTER CONTACTING THE POWER LINE WIRE, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT YAWED SEVERELY TO THE LEFT, AND THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A PASTURE TO THE EAST AND ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT, WITH THE GEAR DOWN. THE POWER LINES ARE APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHY HE WAS AS LOW AS HE WAS ON THE APPROACH, AND CONTACTED THE POWER LINES 1/2 MILE FROM RUNWAY.

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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