# Incident 19810418024309I: Beech C23, St Paul, MN, April 18, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9444° N, 93.0933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9444&lon=-93.0933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6712W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6712W-2001-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 82 total, 17 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/19810418024309I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLARED HIGH, HIT HARD AND THEN BOUNCED AND THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF.

## Other reports on N6712W (1)

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

- [Accident 19990723009659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990723009659A), Jul 23, 1999: Beech C23 (N6712W), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. Gear collapsed on touch down. (.4) during final landing approach the airplane touched down hard resulting in substantial damage. The pilot was demonstrating a…

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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