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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Texarkana, AR · April 3, 2015

Date
April 3, 2015 · 20:15 local
Place
Texarkana, AR
Airport
Texarkana
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9257S
Reported as
Beech C23
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After takeoff from txk, the pilot noticed the oil filler door was not secure. He decided to return to txk to secure the door. Upon landing, the aircraft struck nose wheel first in a cross wind and not on center line. During rollout, the aircraft subsequently departed the runway striking a runway marking sign with the right wing of the aircraft.

Airworthiness registration and certificate where not in the aircraft and current maintenance could not be verified as part of the incident investigation. The owner of the aircraft, not the pilot, has failed to provide the requested documentation to the investigating inspector.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM TXK, THE PILOT NOTICED THE OIL FILLER DOOR WAS NOT SECURE. HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO TXK TO SECURE THE DOOR. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK NOSE WHEEL FIRST IN A CROSS WIND AND NOT ON CENTER LINE. DURING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED THE RUNWAY STRIKING A RUNWAY MARKING SIGN WITH THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT.

AIRWORTHINESS REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATE WHERE NOT IN THE AIRCRAFT AND CURRENT MAINTENANCE COULD NOT BE VERIFIED AS PART OF THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, NOT THE PILOT, HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTATION TO THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR.