# Accident 20000403043589A: Beech C23, Selingsgrove, PA, April 3, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2000, 16:15 local time
- Place: Selingsgrove, PA
- Airport: Penn Valley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8206° N, 76.8639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8206&lon=-76.8639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1923L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1923L-2000-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 15 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000403043589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AT PENN VALLEY (SEG), AIRCRAFT STALLED APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT, AIRCRAFT STALLED AND NOSED INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 IAD00LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA031), Apr 3, 2000: Beech 23 (N1923L), Selinsgrove, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate correction for torque, which resulted in a loss of directional control of the airplane.

## Other reports on N1923L (3)

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

- [Incident 19800316040279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800316040279I), Mar 16, 1980: Beech 23BEECH (N1923L), Bridgeport, CT, Minor damage. Pilot made high approach & bounced on first touchdown. Prop struck runway. Pilot made go around, landed okay.
- [Incident 19780718043499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780718043499I), Jul 18, 1978: Beech C23 (N1923L), Wolfeboro, NH, Minor damage. Pilot had too much airspeed to make it on a 2000 foot strip, overshot.
- [Incident 19780331012189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780331012189I), Mar 31, 1978: Beech C23 (N1923L), Windsor Locks, CT, Minor damage. Pilot bounced twoce, hit nose gear first. Gear collapsed.

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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