# Incident 20030904026729I: Beech C23, Newton, KS, September 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2003, 18:53 local time
- Place: Newton, KS
- Airport: Newton-City-County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0571° N, 97.2752° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWTON-CITY-COUNTY (EWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0571&lon=-97.2752&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6723C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6723C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030904026729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING PHASE, N6723C EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. HE THEN INITIATED TAKE-OFF PROCEDURES BY APPLYING FULL POWER AND PARTIALLY RETRACTING FLAPS. THE PILOT FURTHER REPORTED THAT, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS APPLYING BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN AND HE HEARD A "CRACKING SOUND". PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN REMOVED POWER AND APPLIED FORWARD YOKE PRESSURE. THE INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR REVEALED THAT BOTH LUGS HAD BEEN INSTANTANEOUSLY OVERLOADED. THIS INFORMATION, SUPPORTED BY THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, LEADS INVESTIGATORS TO CONCLUDE THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR FAILED WHEN THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND APPLIED EXCESSIVE FORWARD PRESSURE ON THE YOKE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N6723C (2)

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

- [Incident 20000809025219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000809025219I), Aug 9, 2000: Beech C23 (N6723C), Ponca City, OK, Minor damage. (-23)During taxi behind a "follow me" truck the pilot was watching his right wing during a right turn when the left wing struck the cowling of a tied down…
- [Accident 19850615025559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850615025559A), Jun 15, 1985: Beech C23 (N6723C), Pratt, KS, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control when he reached for flap selector. Departed runway and nosed over in a wash.

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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