# Accident 20060723013399A: Beech 23, Bowie, TX, July 23, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2006, 09:45 local time
- Place: Bowie, TX
- Airport: Bowie Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6017° N, 97.7756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6017&lon=-97.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2326Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2326Z-2013-02-11) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060723013399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 23, 2006, APPROXIMATELY 0945 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 23 SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE N2326Z, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL SHORTLY AFTER TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 35 AT THE BOWIE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (0F2), BOWIE TEXAS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, STUDENT PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED AT LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY TO THE LEFT ONTO THE GRASS AS THE POWER WAS REDUCED. INSTRUCTION WAS GIVEN TO THE STUDENT PILOT TO ADD SOME POWER AND TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT INADVERTENTLY ADDED FULL POWER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED LIFTING OFF THE GRASS, AND IT WAS BLOWN TOWARD THE TREES, WHERE THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A SMALL TREE IN-TURN TWISTING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND COMING TO REST JUST OVER THE FENCE LINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FROM THE IMPACT WITH THE TREES, DAMAGING THE WINGS, PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR AND TAIL SECTION. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT, COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA O^. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AND ENDED AT BOWIE.

## 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 DFW06CA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA192), Jul 23, 2006: Beech BE23 (N2326Z), Bowie, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees. Contributing factors were the prevailing crosswind and improper supervision of the flight by the flight instructor.

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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