# Incident 19960719024989I: Beech C23, Chattanooga, TN, July 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1996, 10:13 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60165, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60165) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719024989I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: A STUDENT PILOT FLYING SOLO ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 20 AT CHA. ON LANDING ROLL, A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. PILOT ELECTED TO "GO AROUND" AND AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR HIT A "DISTANT" SIGN. CONTROL TOWER VISUALLY CHECKED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WHICH APPEARED TO BE OK. AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 20 WITH AN UNKNOWN LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE FLAT, RAN OFF RUNWAY AND HIT ANOTHER SIGN. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT EXCEPT FOR THE FLAT TIRE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE COUNSELED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE FILING OF THIS REPORT WILL CLOSE THIS INCIDENT, NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

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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