# Accident 20200107000469A: Beech C23, Chesapeake, VA, January 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2020, 11:45 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Chesapeake Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6656° N, 76.3206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6656&lon=-76.3206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24690, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24690-2021-06-05) (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-360-A4J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,043 total, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200107000469A

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT AND CFI WERE ON A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT IN A BEECHCRAFT C23.  THE PRIVATE PILOT SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT HAD RECENTLY BECOME PARTNER IN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AND SOUGHT INSTRUCTION FROM THE CFI SEATED IN THE RIGHT SEAT.  AFTER PERFORMING MANEUVERS IN A PRACTICE AREA, THE PRIVATE PILOT AND CFI RETURNED TO CHESAPEAKE REGIONAL AIRPORT (KCPK) TO PERFORM PRACTICE LANDINGS.  THE CREW PERFORMED FOUR SUCCESSFUL FULL STOP LANDINGS PRIOR TO THE LAST APPROACH AND LANDING THAT RESULTED IN THE ACCIDENT.  DURING THE LANDING FLARE ON RUNWAY 23 AT KCPK, THE FLIGHT CREW ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND BOUNCED.  THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND CONTINUED DRIFTING OVER THE GRASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 23.  THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROL AND INITIATE A GO AROUND, BUT ENTERED INTO A STALL WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET RIGHT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE IN THE GRASS.  THE SOIL CONDITIONS WERE WET AND MUDDY WHICH AGGRAVATED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND; RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINTS AND AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE.

## 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 ERA20CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA072), Jan 7, 2020: Beech 23 (N24690), Norfolk, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain airplane control during landing with a crosswind, which resulted in a bounced landing, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which…

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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