# Incident 19950714022889I: Beech A23, Portsmouth, OH, July 14, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1995, 12:10 local time
- Place: Portsmouth, OH
- Airport: Greater Portsmouth Reg Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7534° N, 82.9495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portsmouth, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7534&lon=-82.9495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3531R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3531R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- Reported engine: CONT IO346A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 94 total, 30 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950714022889I

## Narrative

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

BALLOONED LANDING CAME DOWN NOSE FIRST. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N3531R (1)

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

- [Incident 19800128019809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800128019809I), Jan 28, 1980: Beech A23 (N3531R), Rutherfordton, NC, Minor damage. Bounced landing & during attempted recovery. Nose gear collapsed from side load.

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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