# Accident 19990723009659A: Beech C23, Tulsa, OK, July 23, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Tulsa International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1984° N, 95.8881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA INTL (TUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1984&lon=-95.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6712W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6712W-2001-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,400 total, 8 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990723009659A

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCH DOWN. (.4) DURING FINAL LANDING APPROACH THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HARD RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING A POWER OFF LANDING. DURING THE LANDING FLARE, HE NOTICED THAT HIS 'AIMING POINT' WAS 'MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.'  HE 'IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO ADD POWER AND AS [HE] WAS DOING THIS [HE] ARRIVED AT THE GROUND - 3 POINTED THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE.'  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE RUNWAY HAD 'A LARGE DROP FROM ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE LENGTH TO THE NORTH.'  HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE THOUGHT 'THE GRADUAL LOSS OF HEADWIND WHEN [HE] DESCENDED BELOW THE CREST OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE RESULTANT LOSS OF TRANSLATIONAL LIFT, ALLOWED AN INCREASE IN DESCENT RATE THAT WENT UNDETECTED UNTIL THE FLARE.' (-23) PILOT STATED THAT WHILE DEMONSTRATING A POWER OFF LANDING, THE DESCENT RATE INCREASED.  THE PILOT FAILED TO ARREST THE DESCENT RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL, LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER AND LEFT WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW99LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA203), Jul 23, 1999: Beech C23 (N6712W), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N6712W (1)

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

- [Incident 19810418024309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810418024309I), Apr 18, 1981: Beech C23 (N6712W), St Paul, MN, Minor damage. Pilot flared high, hit hard and then bounced and the nose gear broke off.

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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