# Accident 20100813040929A: Beech C23, Wenden, AZ, August 13, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2010, 08:15 local time
- Place: Wenden, AZ
- Airport: Wayside Inn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2333° N, 113.4883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2333&lon=-113.4883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9761L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9761L-2013-03-21) (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: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 341 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA400) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100813040929A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N9761L DEPARTED AGUILA, AZ 0700 HEADING WEST TO BOUSE, AZ. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER  WERE ON A SIGHT SEEING TRIP AND FLEW OVER AN INTAGLIO KNOWN AS THE FISHERMAN, THEN PROCEEDED EAST TO THE WAYSIDE INN. AT APPROXIMATELY 0815, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE PRIVATE DIRT STRIP AT THE WAYSIDE INN TO THE VERY RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND IMMEDIATELY BECAME AIRBORNE FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. IT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN FURTHER TO THE RIGHT OF CENTERLINE WITH THE NOSE YAWED APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES AND IMMEDIATELY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE POWERED THE ENGINE UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO PERFORM A GO AROUND, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET LIFT. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET THROUGH THE DESERT, PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, STRIKING BRUSH AND CACTI. AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET INTO THE DESERT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND DESTROYED A WIND SOCK POLE WITH THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PULLED BACK THE POWER AFTER STRIKING THE POLE. AS THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR SETTLED TO THE GROUND, IT BROKE LOOSE AND THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER STUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS NOSE FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 150 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP IN THE DESERT 50 FEET WEST OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR10CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA400), Aug 13, 2010: Beech C23 (N9761L), Wenden, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate bounced landing recovery and failure to maintain directional control during 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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