# Incident 20130119000309I: Beech A23, Crystal River, FL, January 19, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2013, 19:24 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8955° N, 82.6019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crystal River, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8955&lon=-82.6019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1475L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1475L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23 (registry code 1151204, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-346 series (registry code 17033, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-346 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 243 total, 12 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/20130119000309I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING HIS FIRST LANDING WITHOUT ANOTHER PILOT IN THE AIRCRAFT FAMILIAR WITH THIS MODEL. HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MORNING OF THE INCIDENT. THIS WAS ALSO HIS FIRST NIGHT LANDING IN THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT. UPON HIS LANDING AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED FOR QUITE A DISTANCE COMING DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND STRIKING ONE PROP BLADE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY ACROSS THE GRASS AND ON TO THE TAXI WAY WHICH WAS A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE TO TRAVEL.

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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