# Accident 19800108000609A: Beech C23, Block Island, RI, January 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1980, 09:40 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1918° N, 71.5745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Block Island, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1918&lon=-71.5745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6699S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6699S) (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: 85 total, 2 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNA07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800108000609A

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A DITCH ON LANDING ROLL. LEFT TIRE SKID MARKS. BRAKES OKAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 NYC80FNA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNA07), Jan 8, 1980: Beech B23 (N6699S), Block Island, RI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6699S (1)

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

- [Incident 19801230086139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801230086139I), Dec 30, 1980: Beech C23 (N6699S), Westfield, MA, Minor damage. Pilot practicing solo x wind landings in gusty x wind bounced the plane and it porpoised. Prop struck runway.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.