# Incident 19990105005759I: Beech 58, Spirit Lake, IA, January 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1999, 10:25 local time
- Place: Spirit Lake, IA
- Airport: Spirit Lake Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3874° N, 95.1395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT LAKE MUNI (0F3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3874&lon=-95.1395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7DM) (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: 2,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990105005759I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 AT THE SPIRIT LAKE IOWA AIRPORT (SEA5) THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN THE SNOW. THE NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL AND BOTH PROPS.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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