# Incident 19870420029819I: Beech C23, Fredricksburg, VA, April 20, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1987, 18:30 local time
- Place: Fredricksburg, VA
- Airport: Shannon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2669° N, 77.4492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHANNON (EZF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2669&lon=-77.4492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6570L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6570L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 9 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870420029819I

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN.  PILOT LOST GRIP ON FLAP HANDLE, FLAPS WENT FULL UP.  NEXT CONTACT DAMAGED NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N6570L (1)

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

- [Incident 19910417024239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910417024239I), Apr 17, 1991: Beech C23 (N6570L), Augusta, ME. Pilot advised ATC of radio problems and disorientation. Had navigation problems and icing. Vectored to a landing.

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.