# Incident 20140720010739I: Beech B23, Crawfordsville, IN, July 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2014, 12:15 local time
- Place: Crawfordsville, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0402° N, 86.8980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crawfordsville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0402&lon=-86.8980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5095T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5095T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B23 (registry code 1151240, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (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 B23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140720010739I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION:

THE SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WHO HELD A MULTI-ENGINE CERTIFICATE ONLY. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT A LANDING WERE MADE, AND AT SOME POINT THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROP STRIKE UNTIL AFTER HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING.

CAUSAL/CONTRIBUTING FACTOR:

THE AIRMAN'S DECISION TO FLY AN AIRCRAFT THAT HE WAS NOT QUALIFIED IN.

RECOMMENDATION:

THE AIRMAN RECEIVE TRAINING AND A CERTIFICATE TO OPERATE AN AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRCRAFT.

COMMENTS:   NONE

ROOT CAUSE:   RC3

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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