# Incident 19970515016449I: Beech 77, Omaha, NE, May 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1997, 09:55 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18152, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18152-2001-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970515016449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INCIDENT OCCURED WHILE A STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. FLIGHT PLANNING, INCLUDING FORECASTS, WERE VERIFIED BY HER INSTRUCTOR PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. FORECASTS INDICATED WIND TO BE 360 @ 08 FOR THE TIME SHE WAS DUE TO RETURN. UPON COMPLETION OF CROSS COUNTRY, WIND WAS 360 @ 18. RUNWAY 36 HAD BEEN NOTAM'D CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE. TO ALLOW FOR LANDING ON THE RUNWAY MOST ALIGNED WITH THE WIND, THE PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY TO HAVE RUNWAY REOPENED, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N18152 (2)

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

- [Accident 20010215005599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010215005599A), Feb 15, 2001: Beech 77 (N18152), Auburn, CA, No damage. (-23) See attached inspectors statement. Operations coordination with inspector elie nasr from sacfsdo.
- [Incident 19940702025469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940702025469I), Jul 2, 1994: Beech 77 (N18152), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Veered left touch down. Hit runway light and airport sign.

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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