# Incident 20020802020309I: Beech A23A, West Palm Beach, FL, August 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5930° N, 80.0851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK (LNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5930&lon=-80.0851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2356W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2356W-2005-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23A (registry code 1151208, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23A
- Reported engine: CONT IO346A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020802020309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. BUCHKEIT WAS PIC DURING AN INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT, ON THE RETURN TO LANTANA AIRPORT. N2356W A BE-A23 WAS ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 03, WHEN ON SHORT FINAL THE INSTRUCTOR (NOT THE PIC) TOLD MR. BUCHKEIT HE WAS TOO FAST AND TOO HIGH. MR. BUCHKEIT CONTINUED THE TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 03. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A COUPLE OF TIMES, THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED, THE PROPELLER HIT THE GROUND AND THE ENGINE STALLED. PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N2356W (1)

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

- [Incident 19930803040169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930803040169I), Aug 3, 1993: Beech A23A (N2356W), Flora, IL, Minor damage. Pilot landed long. Slid along wet turf runway. Hit a fence after departing runway.

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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