20231014014989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Bellingham, WA · October 14, 2023

Date
October 14, 2023 · 16:30 local
Place
Bellingham, WA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2012N
Reported as
Beech C23
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total60 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airman decided to conduct a go around after a failed landing attempt. Airman retrated all flaps causing aircraft to stall. Airman was not able to maintain runway heading and landed onto runway/taxi lights resulting in minor damage to airplane, no injuries to student solo pilot.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN DECIDED TO CONDUCT A GO AROUND AFTER A FAILED LANDING ATTEMPT. AIRMAN RETRATED ALL FLAPS CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO STALL. AIRMAN WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY HEADING AND LANDED ONTO RUNWAY/TAXI LIGHTS RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRPLANE, NO INJURIES TO STUDENT SOLO PILOT.