- Date
- March 4, 1983, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Florence, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63892Beech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830304006299A
- Case key
- 6027
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The nose gear collapsed during landing. The acft was allowed to bounce twice and on the third touchdown the nose gear hit first and collapsed. A post impact fire was confined to the engine compartment and was extinguished by CFR personnel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63892
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2363
- Airframe hours
- 103
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piedmont Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- INT · Winston-Salem, NC
- Destination
- CVG · Florence
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CVG · Greater Cincinatti, runway 27L, 7,800 × 150 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 11 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 13 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CVG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N63892 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.