# Incident 19971010046619I: Beech 58, Rome, GA, October 10, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: Rome, GA
- Airport: Richard B Russell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3506° N, 85.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Richard B Russell Airport (RMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3506&lon=-85.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321WM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321WM) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 510 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971010046619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT JAMES W. SEAMAN WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 1 AT ROME, GA (RMG) ON 10/10/97 AT APPROX 1430 HRS IN BEECH BARON N321WM WHEN HE MISJUDGED HIS DESCENT, LANDED SHORT, AND STRUCK A THRESHOLD LITE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RUNWAY. THE NLG COLLAPSED WITH BOTH PROPS STRIKING THE RUNWAY WHILE BOTH ENGINES WERE PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT POWER. THIS IS CONSIDERED AN INCIDENT AS THERE WERE NO INJURIES, NO POST CRASH FIRE, AND NO MAJOR STRUCTRUAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N321WM (1)

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

- [Incident 20251212018959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251212018959I), Dec 12, 2025: Beech 58 (N321WM), Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. On 12/12/2025 at approximately 1730 EST, a Beechcraft BE58 departed for a personal flight from cecil airport (vqq), jacksonville, FL to Kissimmee Gateway…

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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