# Incident 20231202019249I: Beech B24R, Port Townsend, WA, December 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2023, 16:13 local time
- Place: Port Townsend, WA
- Airport: Jefferson County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0538° N, 122.8106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEFFERSON COUNTY INTL (0S9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0538&lon=-122.8106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6950R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6950R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231202019249I

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR AFTER A HARD LANDING. PIC THEN ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER BY PUTTING THE NOSE DOWN. AIRCRAFT PORPOISED TWO OR THREE MORE TIMES. PIC WAS ABLE TO STEER AIRCRAFT TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. INICDENT RESULTED WITH PROPELLER BLADES STRIKING THE RUNWAY AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING.

## Other reports on N6950R (1)

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

- [Incident 19950716039869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950716039869I), Jul 16, 1995: Beech B24R (N6950R), Port Townsend, WA. Alternator failed 15 miles out. Shutdown electrics. Used hand radio. Canceled IFR. Landed on a highway.

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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