# Incident 20151102019579I: Raytheon Aircraft Company 58, Rockwell, TX, November 2, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2015, 16:30 local time
- Place: Rockwell, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5912° N, 95.5497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockwell, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5912&lon=-95.5497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N980PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 58 (registry code 7150003, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 58
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,510 total, 550 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151102019579I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 2, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BARON (BE58), N980PA, DEPARTED ROCKWALL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (F46) FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT IN ROCKWALL TEXAS. THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING SLOW FLIGHT MANEUVERS, FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN, WHEN THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SPIN. THE PILOTS LOST APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET OF ALTITUDE BEFORE RECOVERING.THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND BOTH PILOTS WERE UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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