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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Temple, TX · November 13, 1980

Date
November 13, 1980 · 12:10 local
Place
Temple, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N61BW
Reported as
Beech C23
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total23 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot struck a furrow on approach to a Private strip. Entire landing gear sheared off. Too low on the approach.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STRUCK A FURROW ON APPROACH TO A PRIVATE STRIP. ENTIRE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF. TOO LOW ON THE APPROACH.