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Date
March 13, 2007 · 20:30 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Craig Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N513MA
Reported as
Beech B24R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total7 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Aircraft porpoised on landing and struck hard on the nose gear. The nose strut housing broke and the nose of the aircraft settled on the runway. Damage is limited to the nose gear, lower cowl, prop, and small tear in fuselage skin.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON LANDING AND STRUCK HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE STRUT HOUSING BROKE AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE IS LIMITED TO THE NOSE GEAR, LOWER COWL, PROP, AND SMALL TEAR IN FUSELAGE SKIN.