# Incident 19990411037919I: Beech C23, Rock Hill, SC, April 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Rock Hill, SC
- Airport: Rock Hill Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9249° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Hill, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9249&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66338, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66338-2013-02-13) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 177 total, 32 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411037919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 12, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH SUNDOWNER, BE-23-C23, N66337 EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AT ROCK HILL AIRPORT (29J), ROCK HILL, S.C.  THE OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A LANDING ONTO RUNWAY 20 AT ROCK HILL. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH THE WIND FROM 230 DEGREES BLOWING AT 17 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE FIRST LANDING, DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 20 STRIKING A STATIONARY WIND SOCK INDICATOR, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N66338 (1)

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

- [Accident 19960922029209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960922029209A), Sep 22, 1996: Beech C23 (N66338), Viroqua, WI, Substantial damage. On descending switched fuel tanks, engine sputtered and quit, crash landed in a field. (.4)the pilot stated that during the cross country flight the engine…

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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