# Incident 20040419007139I: Beech C23, La Verne, CA, April 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2004, 09:45 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3KT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3KT-2017-10-24) (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 O360A4K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040419007139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. YEE, A STUDENT PILOT, WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT AT BRACKETT (POC) AIRPORT. HIS INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY D^ WAS SUPERVISING THE FLIGHT FROM THE RAMP AREA. DURING MR. YEE'S THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT, HE BEGAN TO PORPOISE, EXITED THE RUNWAY SURFACE INTO THE DIRT ALONG THE RUNWAY BOUNDARY, BENDING THE NOSEGEAR AFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR. THE FUSELAGE AND FIREWALL AREA WERE UNDAMAGED, HOWEVER THE ENGINE MOUNT AND PROPELLER WERE BENT. THE NOSE GEAR AND TIRE WAS DESTROYED.

## Other reports on N3KT (2)

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

- [Accident 20130630012509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130630012509A), Jun 30, 2013: Beech C23 (N3KT), Hot Springs, AR, Substantial damage. On June 30, 2013, at 1245 CDT, a Beech C23, N3KT, registered to seymours sundowners LLC, experienced a loss of engine power on approach to Hot Springs…
- [Incident 20071129827599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071129827599I), Nov 29, 2007: Beech C23 (N3KT), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that after a number of landings (3) while doing "pattern" work they felt the aircraft becoming "soft" on the right side and felt they had…

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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