# Incident 20040927023659I: Beech A23A, New Braunfels, TX, September 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2347W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2347W-2024-08-10) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO346A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 9 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040927023659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 NOON, LT. (USAF) MARK R. HENRY WAS TO PERFORM HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. ON THE FIRST SOLO LANDING, LT. HENRY LANDED N2347W HARD ON RUNWAY 35 AT NEW BRAUNFELS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BAZ), TEXAS. ON THE THIRD "BOUNCE" OF THE FIRST LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY NOSE LOW BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR OFF AND DAMAGING THE PROPELLER. OTHER THAN THE NOSE WHEEL BECOMING DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND A BENT PROP THE OVERALL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE MINOR.

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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