# Accident 20080803855579A: Beech C23, Winter Haven, FL, August 3, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2008, 11:10 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0628° N, 81.7533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0628&lon=-81.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9194S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9194S-2011-08-19) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080803855579A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO USED IMPROPER TECHNIQUE TO RECOVER FROM BOUNCED LANDING.  REPEATED NOSE WHEEL FIRST BOUNCES CAUSED NOSE GEAR TO FAIL.  A/C SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY AND THEN OFF THE SIDE ON ITS NOSE AND MAIN GEAR.  PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND EXITED A/C.  A/C DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## 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 MIA08CA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA153), Aug 3, 2008: Beech C23 (N9194S), Winter Haven, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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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