# Incident 20010520015449I: Beech B24R, Charleston, SC, May 20, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2001, 14:44 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7010° N, 80.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON EXEC (JZI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7010&lon=-80.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2540W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2540W-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010520015449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 20, 2001 AT 1444 LOCAL AT THE JOHNS ISLAND AIRPORT, JOHNS ISLAND, SC (KJZI), A BEECH SIERRA, BE-23-24R, N2540W BOUNCED ON LANDING RUNEWAY 22. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED.  THE PROPELLER WAS BENT.  NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE FIREWALL, MOTOR MOUNTS, WING TIPS OR FUSELAGE.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N2540W (2)

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

- [Incident 19810430039869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810430039869I), Apr 30, 1981: Beech B24R (N2540W), Grandfield, OK, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently activated landing gear switch instead of flap switch on rollout.
- [Incident 19790423024809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790423024809I), Apr 23, 1979: Beech B24R (N2540W), Grandfield, OK, Minor damage. Flight instructor and sutdent landed gear up. All system components found to be functioning normally.

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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