# Incident 19960602025479I: Beech C23, Southport, NC, June 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1996, 07:45 local time
- Place: Southport, NC
- Airport: Brunswick County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9333° N, 78.0085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southport, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9333&lon=-78.0085&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9230S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9230S) (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 C23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960602025479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1996, JULIA RITZ (PIC) ALONG WITH PETER NAGY (PASSENGER) FLEW FROM OCEAN ISLE, NC (60J) TO BRUNSWICK COUNTY (SUT) TO GET FUEL. RITZ WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT AND NAGY IS HER INSTRUCTOR. HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT A TRAINING FLIGHT. WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND WINDS WERE CALM. RITZ MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 5 AT SUT WITH NO NOTICE OF ANY PROBLEM. THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN NORMAL AND AS THE NOSE GEAR WAS LOWERED, THE NOSE GEAR BUCKLED ALLOWING THE PROP TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE BROKEN NOSE STRUT WITH ONLY OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO THE STRUT AND PROP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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