# Incident 20100901045719I: Beech 23, Xenia, OH, September 1, 2010 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 1, 2010, 18:35 local time - Place: Xenia, OH - Airport: Greene County-Lewis A. Jackson - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.6907° N, 83.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENE COUNTY/LEWIS A JACKSON RGNL (GDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6907&lon=-83.9928&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2348J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2348J) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 23 - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 117 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100901045719I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON 09/01/2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1920 EDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STUDENT PILOT # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING SOLO TOUCH-N-GOES AT THE DAYTON/GREENE COUNTY-LEWIS A. JACKSON REGIONAL AIRPORT (I19) IN A BEECH 23 AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT, N2348J, S/N M-303 IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO RESIDES AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AFTER COMPLETING TWO (2) TOUCH –N-GOES SUCCESSFULLY, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE THIRD WAS TO BE A FULL STOP. THE PILOT STATED AS SHE WAS COMING IN FOR A LANDING, TOUCHED DOWN SOMEWHAT, THE PLANE BEGAN TO UNDULATE, GAVE SOME POWER TO CORRECT, NOT ENOUGH TO FULLY CONTROL THE PLANE AND WENT OFF RUNWAY. ON OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORT, THE PILOT STATED PLANE STARTED TO UNDULATE, COULD NOT SAVE IT, TRAVELED OFF LEFT SIDE.ON 09/02/2010, INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED BOTTOM OF NOSE COWLING CRUSHED, AIRCRAFT WAS UNDER POWER AS INDICATED BY PROP TIP DAMAGE. THE LOWER PORTION OF THE NOSE GEAR WAS FOLDED BACK RESTING ON BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE. THE NOSE TIRE WAS FLAT AND TWISTED 90 DEGREES. THE UPPER MOUNTING ASSEMBLIES FOR THE NOSE GEAR WERE BENT, ALLOWING THE MOUNTING TUBE TO CONTACT THE FIREWALL. THE ENGINE MOUNT HAD SEVERAL CRACKS/BREAKS AND TEARS IN THE TUBES AND CLUSTER WELDS. LOWER FORWARD REMOVABLE PANELS WERE BENT. FIREWALL DAMAGE UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE CONTROLS REVEALED THE MIXTURE ADJUSTMENT WAS FULL IN; THE THROTTLE WAS ONLY PARTIALLY IN. WING TIPS WERE UNDAMAGED. TOTAL TACH TIME AT TIME OF THE EVENT WAS 3400.2. UPON INSPECTION, THE NOSE TRIM WAS FOUND TO BE IN A NOSE UP POSITION. RUNWAY INSPECTION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR TRACK STARTING ON THE RUNWAY 25 AT 39*41'32.28"N BY 083*59'19068"W. THE NOSE GEAR LEFT RUNWAY ONTO GRASS AT 39*41'31.32"N BY 083*59'21.18"W. THE FINAL RESTING POINT OF NOSE GEAR WAS 39*41'30.78"N BY 083*59'21.96"W. NO PROP STRIKE EVIDENCE WAS FOUND ON RUNWAY. ON 09/07/2010, A WITNESS, WHO IS A CERTIFICATED PILOT, STATED THAT HE HEARD THE EVENT AND WAS THE FIRST PERSON ON SCENE. HE STATED THAT HE WITNESSED THE PILOT EXITING THE AIRCRAFT QUICKLY. HE STATED THAT HE HAD TO TURN-OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND THE FLAPS WERE IN THE UP POSITION. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONFIRMED FLAPS UP.ON 09/14/2010, INSPECTION OF FIREWALL REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE RECEIVED TO SUBSTRUCTURE ATTACHED TO FIREWALL...THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETE ON 04/14/2010 BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.ON 09/21/2010, EVENT WAS DOWNGRADED TO A INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED NOT TO MEET THE DEFINITION OF "SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE" PER THE 8900.1.ON 1/4/2010, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, CERTIFICATE # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED VIA TELEPHONE, THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTION PRIOR TO NEXT SOLO FLIGHT. AREAS TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARE SLOW FLIGHT MANUVERING, LANDINGS AND REJECTED LANDINGS. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.