# NTSB ATL83LA126: Beech C-23, N63892, Florence, KY, March 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 4, 1983, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Florence, KY
- Coordinates: 38.989738, -84.63993 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9897&lon=-84.6399&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6027
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA126
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6027/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA126

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - not used, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63892-1992-12-15), registration cancelled 1992-12-15, S/N M2363 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-23
- Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-2363
- Airframe hours: 103
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830304006299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830304006299A), Mar 4, 1983: Beech C23, Florence, KY, Substantial damage. Porpoised during landing. Impact collapsed the nose gear and caused a fire in engine compartment.

## Other investigations on N63892 (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 ATL92LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA168), Aug 28, 1992: Beech C23 (N63892), Pageland, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER TOUCHDOWN, RESULTING IN AN OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR ATTACHMENT SUPPORT TUBES. FACTORS WERE THE LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE OF THE PILOT AND THE DITCH ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.