# Incident 20070403004379I: Beech C23, Avon Park, FL, April 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2007, 09:45 local time
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Airport: Avon Park Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5897° N, 81.5073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avon Park, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5897&lon=-81.5073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23978 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070403004379I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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