# Incident 20041201033869I: Beech A23, El Dorado, AR, December 1, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: El Dorado, AR
- Airport: Downtown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2190° N, 92.6641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Dorado, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2190&lon=-92.6641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1443L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1443L-2008-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 16 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041201033869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 1, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 HOURS CST, A BEECHCRAFT BE-23-A23, N1443L, COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE CONDUCTING EITHER A TAKEOFF OR LANDING (PROBABLY A TAKEOFF) AT THE EL DORADO DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (F43), EL DORADO, ARKANSAS. THE STUDENT PILOT (WHO DID NOT HAVE A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE OR MEDICAL CERT). WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT BY THE OWNER/NON-PILOT-STUDENT PILOT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE F43 AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 HOURS CST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE OWNER/PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING TAXIING THE AIRPLANE AND LOST CONTROL WHEN THE SEAT MOVED CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO GO FORWARD. HE STATED HE BRAKED, BUT THERE WAS FOUND TO BE NO EVIDENCE OF THE AIRPLANE IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY TO THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE WRECKAGE.

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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