# Accident 20240807010429A: Beech 23, Jacksonville, FL, August 7, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2024, 16:30 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Herlong Recreational
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2757° N, 81.8001° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2757&lon=-81.8001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2376L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2376L) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 15 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240807010429A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 7, 2024 AT HERLONG RECREATIONAL AIRPORT (KHEG), JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 PM EST, A SINGLE ENGINE BEECHCRAFT MODEL 23 MUSKETEER DEPARTED WITH A PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE SOURCE OF A SUSPECTED ENGINE OIL LEAK. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 1500 FEET WITH THE INTENT OF OVERFLYING THE AIRFIELD ONCE BEFORE GOING AROUND A SECOND TIME FOR LANDING. ON THE SECOND PASS, THE PILOT MADE THE CROSSWIND AND DOWNWIND TURNS, DESCENDED TO 1000 FEET AND SLOWED TO 80 KNOTS, UPON TURNING TO FINAL APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RPM WAS NOTED AT 1500 RPM AND AN ALTITUDE OF 700 FEET. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED RUNWAY 29, THE PILOT FELT THE AIRCRAFT GET SLOW, ATTEMPTED TO ADD THROTTLE BUT THE RPMS DROPPED TO 1000 RPM. THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE SEEMED TO GET QUIET AND THERE WAS NO POWER WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DROP SIGNIFICANTLY FROM APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN HARD ON THE CENTERLINE CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING STRUCTURE AS WELL AS THE AFT FUSELAGE/TAIL SECTION. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED LEFT INTO THE GRASS WHERE IT STOPPED. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY OCCURRED.

## 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 ERA24LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA341), Aug 7, 2024: Beech 23 (N2376L), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper inflight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation while on final approach to land, and the subsequent hard landing, which resulted…

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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