# Accident 20211115019569A: Beech 23, Abilene, TX, November 15, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2021, 12:00 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Abilene Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4042° N, 99.6816° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4042&lon=-99.6816&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8701M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8701M-2023-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 336 total, 3 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211115019569A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 15, 2021, AT 1200 CST, A BEECH MUSKETEER AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N8701M, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER FAILING TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 17R AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT (ABI) IN ABILENE, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT TRAINING.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, THE PILOT AND STUDENT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT IN ABILENE, TX ON NOVEMBER 15, 2021 AT 1024 CDT.

## 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 CEN22LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA040), Nov 15, 2021: Beech 23 (N8701M), Abilene, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the missing placard showing the usable fuel…

## Other reports on N8701M (1)

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

- [Accident 19730918035942A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730918035942A), Sep 18, 1973: Beech 23BEECH (N8701M), Lake Elmo, MN, Substantial damage. Plt performing run-up parked in front of Bellanca performing bfr tkof ck. Stabilator and wing dmgd.

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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