# Incident 19810913058999I: Beech 23BEECH, Yancyville, NC, September 13, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1981, 09:30 local time
- Place: Yancyville, NC
- Airport: Caswell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3997° N, 79.3928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Caswell Airport (6W4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3997&lon=-79.3928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5234M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5234M-2013-05-10) (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 23BEECH
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 35 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810913058999I

## Narrative

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

GRASS STRIP.INTENTIONAL GROUND LOOPED TO PREVENT GOING OFF END OF RUNWAY.LEFT WHEEL BROKE OFF AT AXEL ATTACH POINT.

## Other reports on N5234M (2)

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

- [Incident 19900308011369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900308011369I), Mar 8, 1990: Beech C23 (N5234M), Roanoke, VA, Minor damage. Tower saw nose gear fall off on lift off. Emergency soft field landing. Nose gear sheared below steering joint.
- [Accident 19831014064619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831014064619A), Oct 14, 1983: Beech 23BEECH (N5234M), Topping, VA, Substantial damage. Landed downwind. Unable to stop. Ran off end of runway into ditch.

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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