# Incident 20000408001799I: Beech C23, Niceville, FL, April 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2000, 12:20 local time
- Place: Niceville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5232° N, 86.4693° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Niceville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5232&lon=-86.4693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18931, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18931-2000-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 60 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000408001799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 8, 2000, AIRCRAFT N18931, S/N M-1995, REGISTERED TO ASHICK K. JAIN AND WILLIAM G. CRANFORD, MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A SPRAY FIELD ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF RUCKEL FIELD LOCATED IN NICEVILLE, FLORIDA.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED ENGINE TROUBLE AT 300 FT. MSL AND COULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO RUCKEL FIELD (SEE ATTCH. PILOT STATEMENT).  ON APRIL 10L 2000 INSPECTOR TOM MILLER FROM THE BIRMINGHAM & NW FLORIDA FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND IT WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.  INSPECTOR MILLER ALSO CHECKED FOR FUEL CONTAMINATION AS REPORTED BY THE PILOT BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF ANY FUEL CONTAMINATION.  AT THIS TIME THE CAUSE FOR THE LOSS OF POWER IS UNKNOWN.

## Other reports on N18931 (1)

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

- [Incident 19851005055819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851005055819I), Oct 5, 1985: Beech C23 (N18931), Baton Rouge, LA, Minor damage. Aircraft was cleared to make short approach. Bounced and nose wheel separated.

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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