# Accident 20160829015459A: Beech C23, Simsbury, CT, August 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2016, 18:50 local time
- Place: Simsbury, CT
- Airport: Simsbury Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9131° N, 72.7781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9131&lon=-72.7781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9352S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9352S-2024-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (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 C23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 79 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16CA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA308) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160829015459A

## Narrative

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

ON 8/29/2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STUDENT PILOT NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED 7B6 TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N9352S, BE-23-C23 S/N: M1653. AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AT KMMK AND DEPARTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER WITH INTENTION TO FLY BACK TO 7B6. PILOT DIVERTED TO 4B9 TO PRACTICE LANDING / TAKEOFF THERE. AT APPROXIMATELY 1850 A FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 WAS MADE UNSUCCESSFULLY AND PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND. ON SECOND ATTEMPT PILOT TOUCHED DOWN LONG ON THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 1000? PAST DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 21. THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES IN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE END OF THE RUNWAY CLOSE TO CENTERLINE, PROCEEDED INTO A DITCH, VEERED RIGHT AND CAME TO REST WHEN THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A FENCE.

THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHERE THE BROKEN NOSE GEAR SWUNG UP UNDER COPILOT?S FLOOR AREA OF THE FUSELAGE.  THE ENGINE COWLING, PROPELLER, LEFT WING AND LH FUSELAGE AFT OF THE WING AND BAGGAGE DOOR SUSTAINED DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT RECORDS INDICATED AIRCRAFT WAS IN AIRWORTHY CONDITION.

IT WAS REPORTED BY AN OBSERVER THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A 5 KNOT TAIL WIND.

## 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 ERA16CA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA308), Aug 29, 2016: Beech C23 (N9352S), Simsbury, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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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