# Accident 20130820024119A: Beech C23, Bingham, ME, August 20, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2013, 14:54 local time
- Place: Bingham, ME
- Airport: Gadabout Gaddis
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0403° N, 69.8689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0403&lon=-69.8689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N243RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N243RG-2014-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA370) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130820024119A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT OBTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO BECOME AIRBORNE.

AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A RIVER ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY END.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 ERA13LA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA370), Aug 20, 2013: Beech C23 (N243RG), Bingham, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in his attempt to take off from a short, turf runway in high-density altitude conditions under which the airplane was unable to attain a…

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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