# Incident 20020917026879I: Beech B24R, Macon, GA, September 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2002, 11:15 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Herbert Smart Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8407° N, 83.6324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macon, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8407&lon=-83.6324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2046L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2046L) (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: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020917026879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) TRAVELED TO HERBERT SMART AIRPORT MACON, GA AFTER RECEIVING A PHONE-IN REPORT FROM WAYNE NEWTON AT SOUTHEASTERN FLIGHT SCHOOL OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING AIRCRAFT N2046L. ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 HOURS WHILE PILOTING N2046L, DONALD WALLOCH CAME IN FAST ON HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AFTER INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE NOSE CAME BACK DOWN BUT SINCE HE DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT, HE CONTINUED PRACTICING AND LANDING SIX MORE TIMES. AFTER PARKING THE AIRCRAFT HE NOTICED THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AND IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SARALICE TUSHAR WITNESSED THE LANDING AND STATED HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT COMING IN FOR A FAST LANDING AND SAW THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE GROUND FIRST AND THEN THE MAIN WHEELS AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE AND CAME DOWN.

## Other reports on N2046L (1)

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

- [Incident 19810716052919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810716052919I), Jul 16, 1981: Beech B24R (N2046L), Hobbs, NM, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed on landing roll. Found shorted micro switch.

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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