# NTSB MIA78FKJ28: Beech H18, N787Q, Birmingham, AL, March 29, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 29, 1978
- Place: Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 29, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 142395
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA78FKJ28
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FKJ28

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1088  78/3/29    BIRMINGHAM,AL       BEECH H18           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1630                    N787Q               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  43, 8700 TOTAL HOURS, 26
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BIRMINGHAM,AL               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
        REMARKS- SHOP RAG FOUND BINDING NOSE GEAR EXTENSION SYS-NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LDG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N787Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N787Q-2010-11-03), registration cancelled 2010-11-03, S/N BA-662, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- Registry model: [Beech H-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (registry code 1151012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Birmingham Muni

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19780329006909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780329006909A), Mar 29, 1978: Beech TC45G, Birmingham, AL, Substantial damage. Shop rag found binding nose gear extension sys-nose gear collapse ldg.

## Other investigations on N787Q (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA042), Jan 28, 1981: Beech H18 (N787Q), Newhall, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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