# Accident 20020128000919A: Beech 23, Salina, KS, January 28, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2002, 13:39 local time
- Place: Salina, KS
- Airport: Salina Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 38.8100° N, 97.6109° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8100&lon=-97.6109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N841KS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N841KS-2003-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020128000919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 35 AT THE SALINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SLN). THE MANEUVER ENDED IN A HARD LANDING, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR INSTRUCTOR WAS INJURED. THE WEATHER WAS VMC, WITH THE WIND REPORTED TO BE 300 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. (.19) ON JANUARY 28, 2002, AT 1339 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 23, N841KS, OPERATED BY KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING. THE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED SALINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SLN) ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. WHILE PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD LANDING, THE AIRPLANE HIT HARD. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S AVIATION DEPARTMENT'S FLIGHT DISPATCH.

## 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 CHI02LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA072), Jan 28, 2002: Beech 23 (N841KS), Salina, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's improper flare and the CFI failed to take remedial action.

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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