# Accident 20170821015849A: Beech C23, Rexburg, ID, August 21, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2017, 14:49 local time
- Place: Rexburg, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8339° N, 111.8050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8339&lon=-111.8050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6576R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6576R-2021-02-20) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 24 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA500](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA500) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170821015849A

## Narrative

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

FROM PHONE CONVERSATION WITH PILOT:

PRIOR TO FLIGHT, PILOT AND FATHER-IN-LAW ARRIVED FRIDAY FOR ECLIPSE VIEWING. PLAN WAS TO DEPART RIGHT AFTER AROUND 11:40-NOON BUT EVERYONE WAS DEPARTING SO THEY ELECTED TO GRAB LUNCH THEN FLY. ARRIVED 2PM TO THE AIRPORT. FUEL WAS TOPPED OF 53 GALLONS (FBO COPTER DOCTOR) AND PILOT COMPLETED W&B UTILIZING FOREFLIGHT. CHECKED PERFORMANCE CHARTS (RUNWAY REQUIRED). PILOT CLAIMS THEY WERE UNDER MAX AROUND 70-80#. RECEIVED AWOS AT RXE, COMPLETED RUN-UP, MAKE CALL TO DEPART 17. ROLLED ONTO RUNWAY AND UTILIZED SHORT TAKEOFF PROCEDURE CHECKLIST. AIRSPEED TOOK A WHILE TO GET TO ROTATE AT 65KIAS, AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 10? AND PILOT REALIZED HE MAY NOT CLEAR TREES AND BUILDINGS AT END OF RUNWAY. ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY, BOUNCED, RE-LANDED AND IMMEDIATELY RETARDED THROTTLE FULLY AND APPLIED BRAKES. PLANE SKIDDED, DRIFTED LEFT INTO GRASS, HIT FENCE PRIOR TO GOLF COURSE. PILOT IMMEDIATELY CUT FUEL AND FOLLOWED SHUT-DOWN PROCEDURES. BATTERIES, ALT, MAGS, ELECTRONICS. PILOT HAD PASSENGER EVACUATE AND ONCE CONFIRMED THEN EVACUATED HIMSELF. POLICE ARRIVED WITHIN 5 MINUTES.

## 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 GAA17CA500](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA500), Aug 21, 2017: Beech C23 (N6576R), Rexburg, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to land the airplane with insufficient runway remaining after realizing the airplane wasn't climbing.

## Other reports on N6576R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790206002379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790206002379A), Feb 6, 1979: Beech C23 (N6576R), Chesterfield, VA, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control of aircraft on landing roll. Ran off runway into ditch.

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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