# Incident 19980817032689I: Beech 58, Chicago, IL, August 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1998, 09:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Merrill C Meigs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3825X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3825X) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,082 total, 478 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/19980817032689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A HIGH, STEEP APPROACH WITH FULL FLAPS TO RUNWAY 18. THE PILOT SAID HE BEGAN THE LANDING FLARE ABOUT 30 TO 40 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THIS WAS SUPPOSEDLY TO AVOID STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND LANDED HARD, DAMAGING THE RIGHT PROPELLER.

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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