# Accident 20080419835359A: Beech C23, Santa Fe, NM, April 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2008, 19:00 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6169° N, 106.0894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6169&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23845, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23845-2014-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 73 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080419835359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 19, 2008 MDST, BEECH BE-23, N23845 DEPARTED AND STAYED IN TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT SANTA FE AIRPORT (KSAF). AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR, STATED TO TOWER THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST LANDING AND TAXI TO HANGAR. UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT BALLOONED BACK INTO THE AIR, AIRMAN EITHER RELAXED BACK PRESSURE OR APPLIED FORWARD CONTROL, AT WHICH TIME AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RUNWAY IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE BREAKING NOSE GEAR AFT TO BELLY, AND DAMAGING PROP, ENGINE, ENGINE MOUNT, EXHAUST PIPE, COWLING ETC. NOSE GEAR BROKE OUT OF MOUNT AND IMPACTED AND DAMAGED LOWER FIREWALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 20 WITH WIND AT 230/4.

## 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 DFW08CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA109), Apr 20, 2008: Beech C23 (N23845), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N23845 (1)

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

- [Incident 20090303001879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090303001879I), Mar 3, 2009: Beech C23 (N23845), Santa Fe, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On March 3, 2009, at 1100 MST, N23845, a Beechcraft BE-23, sustained minor damage when it landed hard at the Santa Fe, NM municipal airport. The aircraft…

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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