# Incident 20150321002629I: Beech BE-23, Moline, IL, March 21, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2015, 17:35 local time
- Place: Moline, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4823° N, 90.4934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moline, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4823&lon=-90.4934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6201J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 16 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150321002629I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING ON 31 AT MLI.  UPON TOUCHDOWN STUDENT PORPOISED AND LANDED ON NOSE GEAR CAUSING IT TO BEND BACKWARDS. STUDENT STATED HE DID NOT HAVE EXCESSIVE APPROACH SPEED.  AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO REST.  NO INJURIES TO PERSONS ON THE GROUND.  NO POST CRASH FIRE OCCURRED.  NO INJURIES TO STUDENT PILOT.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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