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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Avon Park, FL · April 3, 2007

Date
April 3, 2007 · 09:45 local
Place
Avon Park, FL
Airport
Avon Park Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N23978
Reported as
Beech C23
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total10 in this make and model10 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) Pilot during final approach on runway 4 stated he noticed trucks on the edge of the runway. The pilot stated he took evasive action to the left over the grass. Attempting to gain control of the aircraft the pilot steered toward the runway and stalled the aircraft. The aircraft bounced several times on the mains. Then the aircraft nose gear and prop impacted the runway, the nose gear was bent backward; the aircraft skidded 400 feet on the nose gear assembly to a stop at the intersection of runway 4 & taxiway c.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DURING FINAL APPROACH ON RUNWAY 4 STATED HE NOTICED TRUCKS ON THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED HE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO THE LEFT OVER THE GRASS. ATTEMPTING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT STEERED TOWARD THE RUNWAY AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE MAINS. THEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR AND PROP IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT BACKWARD; THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 400 FEET ON THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY TO A STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 4 & TAXIWAY C.