# Incident 20050220002849I: Beech B24R, Factoryville, PA, February 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Factoryville, PA
- Airport: Seamans Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5894° N, 75.7561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEAMANS FLD (9N3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5894&lon=-75.7561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6989R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6989R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050220002849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 04 AT SEAMANS FIELD (9N3) IN FACTORYVILLE, PA, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND BEGAN TO BALLOON. BEFORE THE PILOT HAD A CHANCE TO ADD POWER, THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. WEATHER REPORTED AT KAVP, THE NEAREST WEATHER REPORTING POINT WAS VARIABLE WINDS AT 3 KNOTS IN VFR CONDITIONS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## Other reports on N6989R (1)

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

- [Incident 19960305006549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960305006549I), Mar 5, 1996: Beech B24R (N6989R), Oxford, CT, Minor damage. Narrative: on 03-05-96 at 14:30 local, robert a. bosco departed robertson 4B8 as PIC of N6989R a Beech BE-24 r. the pilot made 4 take offs and landings at 4B8…

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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