# Incident 19800316040279I: Beech 23BEECH, Bridgeport, CT, March 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1980, 11:25 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor Sikorsky
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1874° N, 73.1958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeport, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1874&lon=-73.1958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1923L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1923L-2000-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23BEECH
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 26 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/19800316040279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE HIGH APPROACH & BOUNCED ON FIRST TOUCHDOWN. PROP STRUCK RUNWAY. PILOT MADE GO AROUND, LANDED OKAY.

## Other reports on N1923L (3)

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

- [Accident 20000403043589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000403043589A), Apr 3, 2000: Beech C23 (N1923L), Selingsgrove, PA, Destroyed. (-23) Landing on runway 17 at Penn valley (seg), aircraft stalled approximately 10 feet above the ground. Aircraft drifted left. Pilot attempted to correct,…
- [Incident 19780718043499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780718043499I), Jul 18, 1978: Beech C23 (N1923L), Wolfeboro, NH, Minor damage. Pilot had too much airspeed to make it on a 2000 foot strip, overshot.
- [Incident 19780331012189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780331012189I), Mar 31, 1978: Beech C23 (N1923L), Windsor Locks, CT, Minor damage. Pilot bounced twoce, hit nose gear first. Gear collapsed.

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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