# Incident 20030514009459I: Beech A24R, Athens, GA, May 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2003, 20:15 local time
- Place: Athens, GA
- Airport: Athens/Ben Epps Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9486° N, 83.3259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATHENS/BEN EPPS (AHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9486&lon=-83.3259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8054R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8054R-2005-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A24R (registry code 1151252, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A24R
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 550 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/20030514009459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 13, 2003, AT 2007 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME WITH UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITY AND CALM WIND, A BE-23-A24R, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT MR. SAXTON R GASKIN JR TOOK OFF FROM CLARK COUNTY, BEN EPPS (ANH) AIRPORT USING RUNWAY 27. ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT APPROX. 300 TO 400 AGL, THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS LOSING POWER AND RPM. MR. GASKIN DECIDED TO MAKE SHALLOW RIGHT TURN IN AN EFFORT TO REACH THE END OF RUNWAY 20. MR. GASKIN CAME SHORT OF RUNWAY 20 AND LANDED IN A GRASSY FIELD. UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR RT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE ENGINE RUN OF THE SUBJUCT AIRCRAFT CONFIRMS TO MR. GASKIN WITNESS STATEMENT OF ENGINE MALFUNCTION (LOSING POWER).

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