# Incident 20200221002379I: Beech B23, Red Lodge, MT, February 21, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2020, 16:10 local time
- Place: Red Lodge, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1933° N, 109.2501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Red Lodge, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1933&lon=-109.2501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4007T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4007T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B23 (registry code 1151240, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (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 B23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 975 total, 627 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200221002379I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED:  HE MADE HIS APPROACH LOWER THAN NORMAL AND STRUCK THE SNOW MOUND AT THE END OF RUNWAY.  NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY, NOSE DOWN WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4007T (1)

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

- [Accident 19871002058479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871002058479A), Oct 2, 1987: Beech 23BEECH (N4007T), Mansfield, MA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing and veered off runway into a drainage 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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