# Incident 19790923050279I: Beech C23, Birmingham, AL, September 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1979, 15:15 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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
- Aircraft: N2009P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2009P-2013-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total, 109 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/19790923050279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BALLOONED, PORPOISED, THEN LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. BENT PROP, COWL AND NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N2009P (1)

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

- [Incident 20100404030799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100404030799I), Apr 4, 2010: Beech C23 (N2009P), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. On April 04, 2010, aircraft N2009P, serial number M-2060, nose landing gear collapsed at the intersection of runways 05/23 and 13/31 shortly after landing on…

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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