# Incident 19991204037389I: Beech C24R, Minneapolis, MN, December 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1999, 18:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18917, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18917-2005-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C24R (registry code 1151254, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C24R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 208 total, 10 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991204037389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT, PILOT FLARED AIRCRAFT TO HIGH CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD.  THE HARD LANDING CAUSED NOSE GEAR TO MOVE BACK AND PROPELLER TO STRIKE GROUND.  BOTH TIPS OF THE PROPELLER WERE BENT AND THE DRAG BRACE FOR THE NOSE GEAR BROKE WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE STRUT.

## Other reports on N18917 (3)

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

- [Accident 20021008028159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021008028159A), Oct 8, 2002: Beech C24R (N18917), Pinto, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot states: taking off down hill to the east, just after lift off my left wing hit a cedar tree causing me to go off the road. I hit a rock which…
- [Incident 19900829054699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900829054699I), Aug 29, 1990: Beech C24R (N18917), Minot, ND, Minor damage. No gear down safe light. Gear collapsed on rollout. Replaced down lock spring and serviced drag line assembly.
- [Incident 19800908069819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800908069819I), Sep 8, 1980: Beech C24R (N18917), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. Nose and left main gears collapsed at touchdown. Due to internal leakage in the nose gear down lock cylinder.

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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