# Incident 20040208001049I: Beech C23, Sandusky, MI, February 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2004, 20:30 local time
- Place: Sandusky, MI
- Airport: Sandusky City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4556° N, 82.8418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDUSKY CITY (Y83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4556&lon=-82.8418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2122W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2122W) (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 C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 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/20040208001049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT RUNWAY 27. LEFT MAIN TOUCHED DOWN WITH NO PROBLEM. AS THE RIGHT MAIN TOUCHED DOWN PILOT INDICATED THAT A GUST OF WIND OCCURRED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER RIGHT INTO A SNOW BANK. DURING THE VEERING TO THE RIGHT, THE LEFT WINGTIP BRIEFLY STRUCK THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE NOTED WAS ONE BLADE OF A TWO BLADE PROP BENT, THE LEFT WINGTIP DAMAGED, LEFT WING INNER SKIN DAMAGED AND THE SPINNER WAS DAMAGED.

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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