# Incident 20231002016049I: Beech C23, Springfield, OH, October 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2023, 15:20 local time
- Place: Springfield, OH
- Airport: Springfield-Beckley Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8403° N, 83.8402° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRINGFIELD/BECKLEY MUNI (SGH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8403&lon=-83.8402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1945L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1945L) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 43 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231002016049I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 6 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE BECAUSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE. THE PILOT STATED: “AS I PREPARED FOR LANDING, I REALIZED I WAS COMING IN SLIGHTLY HIGH AND INADVERTENTLY FLARED TOO EARLY. THIS MISCALCULATION RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCING TWICE UPON TOUCHDOWN, LEADING TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE FRONT LANDING GEAR.” GROUND SCARRING ON THE RUNWAY SHOWED SEVERAL PROPELLER STRIKES FOLLOWED BY NOSEWHEEL TOUCHDOWN, THEN HEAVY SCRAPING FORM THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD BELLY SKIN.

## Other reports on N1945L (2)

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

- [Incident 19880821050169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880821050169I), Aug 21, 1988: Beech C23 (N1945L), Easton, MD, Minor damage. Pilot had rough engine in flight. Found mixture control had slipped. Corrected same and engine ran smoothly.
- [Incident 19810907067769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810907067769I), Sep 7, 1981: Beech 23BEECH (N1945L), Easton, MD, Minor damage. Student on fourth supervised solo. Lost control went off runway. Damaged gear and flap.

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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