# Accident 20081209854459A: Beech C23, Panacea, FL, December 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2008, 16:45 local time
- Place: Panacea, FL
- Airport: Wakulla County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9895° N, 84.3954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAKULLA COUNTY (2J0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9895&lon=-84.3954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60410, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60410-2013-10-23) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 187 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081209854459A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF.  WHEN TRYING TO LAND AIRCRAFT HIT RUNWAY LIGHT AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR.  AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE GRASS RUNWAY BOTH MAIN GEAR FAILED AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 180 DEGREES FROM LANDING PATH.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTTOM COWLING AND MAIN WING SPAR DAMAGED AT RIGHTHAND WING ROOT.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE SLEEVE HAD SEPARATED FROM CABLE HOUSING ALLOWING INNER CABLE TO FLEX AT CONTROL ARM.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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