# Accident 20040508017389A: Beech A23A, Crystal River, FL, May 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2004, 14:00 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Crystal River Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8672° N, 82.5714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8672&lon=-82.5714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3659Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3659Q-2007-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23A (registry code 1151208, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 6 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040508017389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 08, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 EDT, A BEECH BE-23-A23A, N3659Q, REGISTERED TO DAVID M. VELZKE, COLLIDED WITH A DRAINAGE EMBANKMENT ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 09. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT LEAVING THE RUNWAY, CROSSING THE GRASS MERIDIAN AND A TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE EMBANKMENT ADJACENT TO THE TAXIWAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM PILOT COUNTRY AIRPORT (OX5) AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 EDT ON THE SAME DAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA04LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA081), May 8, 2004: Beech A23A (N3659Q), Crystal River, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, which resulted in the airplane departing the runway and incurring damage.

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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