# Incident 20210710020389I: Beech A23-24, Frederick, OK, July 10, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2021, 14:24 local time
- Place: Frederick, OK
- Airport: Frederick Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3521° N, 98.9839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREDERICK RGNL (FDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3521&lon=-98.9839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5696S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5696S-2023-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A23-24 (registry code 1151226, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-24
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 295 total, 13 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210710020389I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 10, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1424 CST, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR OF A BEECH A23-24 COLLAPSED UPON LANDING AT FREDERICK REGIONAL AIRPORT (KFDR), FREDERICK, OKLAHOMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE FLIGHT.  THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD AT THE TIME AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED OVER THE PHONE AND LATER SUBMITTED A WRITTEN STATEMENT DESCRIBING THE ACCOUNTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 17 WITH A 10 KNOT CROSSWIND GUSTING TO 24 KNOTS AND JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY LOST ALTITUDE DUE TO THE GUSTING CROSSWINDS AND UPON LANDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. A POST LANDING INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHICH HAD BROKEN OFF AT APPROXIMATELY THE STRUT MID POINT. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WAS ALSO INCURRED AS A RESULT OF IT STRIKING THE RUNWAY ONCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A REVIEW OF THE PILOTS LOGBOOK CREDENTIALS ALSO REVEALED THAT A FLIGHT REVIEW REQUIRED BY 14 CFR 61.56 HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED WITHIN THE LAST 24 CALENDAR MONTHS. THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY COMPLETED THE REQUIRED FLIGHT REVIEW ON 11/30/2021. INCIDENT INVESTIGATION COMPLETED AND DOCUMENTED UNDER SAS ACTIVITY SW15202200063 AND COMPLIANCE PHILOSOPHY COUNSELING ACTIVITY TO ADDRESS BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW OVERSIGHT DOCUMENTED UNDER SAS ACTIVITY SW15202200930.

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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