# Accident 20040627013409A: Beech 23, Saginaw, MI, June 27, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2004, 12:30 local time
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Airport: Saginaw County H.W. Browne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4334° N, 83.8623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAGINAW COUNTY/H W BROWNE (HYX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4334&lon=-83.8623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2334Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2334Z-2006-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 110 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040627013409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING APPROACH TO LANDING PILOT ENCOUNTERED THERMAL UPDRAFT AND BEGAN A DESCENT IN THE RISING AIR. CROSSING ONTO THE AIRPORT PROPERTY THE RISING AIR CURRENT CEASED AND THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED ONCE, WAS CAUGHT BY THE CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT, AND DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY SIGN WITH THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT FOLDING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND STOPPED IN THE GRASS AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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