# Incident 20130817017999I: Beech A23, Sac City, IA, August 17, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2013, 10:20 local time
- Place: Sac City, IA
- Airport: Sac City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3791° N, 94.9796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAC CITY MUNI (SKI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3791&lon=-94.9796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N722HB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N722HB-2018-02-23) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 20 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130817017999I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A LANDING AND ON FLAREOUT AIRCRAFT FLOATED INCREASING ALTITUDE ABOVE RUNWAY. PILOT  ADDED FULL POWER TO GO AROUND MOMENTARILY HOWEVER, DECIDED TO REDUCE POWER AND ATTEMPT TO LAND. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED RUNWAY NOSE FIRST AND BOUNCED. CONTACTED RUNWAY NOSE FIRST A SECOND TIME AND SEVERED NOSE GEAR OFF. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A REST. ENGINE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STOPPAGE AND PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED.

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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