39.8017° N, 89.6437° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 18, 1993 · 10:40 local
Place
Springfield, IL
Airport
Capital Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N1581Z
Reported as
Beech C23
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
46 total46 in this make and model19 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.
Student pilot on a crosscountry flight made a hard landing. Nose landing gear damaged.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT ON A CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT MADE A HARD LANDING. NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMAGED.