# Incident 19970920032779I: Beech C23, Benton Harbor, MI, September 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1997, 11:50 local time
- Place: Benton Harbor, MI
- Airport: Ross Field-Twin Cities
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1135° N, 86.4472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Benton Harbor, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1135&lon=-86.4472&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180ED, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N180ED-2014-03-18) (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: 537 total, 66 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970920032779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT, MAIN WHEELS FIRST. WHEN THE NOSE CAME DOWN, IT CONTINUED TO DROP AND CAUSE A PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE STRUT CONNECTED TO THE NOSE WHEEL GAVE OUT. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED NOSE GEAR STRUT FAILURE WHICH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. M OR D SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N180ED (1)

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

- [Accident 20100225028069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100225028069A), Feb 25, 2010: Beech C23 (N180ED), Winter Haven, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft was departing from gif runway 29, headed to lakeland. Eye witness states he observed the a/c depart the airport and heard the engine stop running. The…

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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