- Date
- March 5, 1979
- Place
- Fort Smith, AR · FORT SMITH, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4199SBeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790305004159A
- Case key
- 137843
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0258 79/3/5 FORT SMITH,AR BEECH 58 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 3900 TIME - 0744 N4199S PX- 0 0 2 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT SMITH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT SMITH,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PIECE OF METAL CAUGHT IN LANDING GEAR BOX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4199S
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Smith Muni
N4199SRegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2018 · Beech 58Airframe modelBeech 58Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4199S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN15LA415Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportGary, INThe pilot’s failure to ensure that the landing gear was down while on short final, his subsequent failure to conduct a go-around, and his loss of situational awareness of the airplane’s altitude above the runway while landing.NTSB FTW78FPG40Accident · No injuriesClosedLittle Rock, AR