# Incident 19781223021109I: Beech C23, Chesterfield, MO, December 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1978, 10:08 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Loui
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6631° N, 90.5771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6631&lon=-90.5771&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18980, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18980-1990-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781223021109I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE HARD LANDING, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING PORPOISE.

## Other reports on N18980 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19791115055849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791115055849I), Nov 15, 1979: Beech F33 (N18980), Fairfield, IL, Minor damage. Student aborted takeoff after reaching midpoint and overran departure end. Nose gear broken off.

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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