# NTSB ATL83LA248: Beech C23, N6754T, Gulfport, MS, July 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 2, 1983, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: Gulfport, MS
- Coordinates: 30.47084, -89.150398 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4708&lon=-89.1504&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA248
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6107/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA248

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AFTER WHICH A FIRE STARTED. THE PILOT HAD APPROACHED THE ARPT TOOHIGH. THE TOWER RECOGNIZED THIS AND ASKED THE PILOT IF HE NEEDED TO MAKE A 360 DEGREE TURN. THE PILOT DID A 360 BUT WAS STILL TOO HIGH SO HE DID A 'FORWARD SLIP' AT 70 MPH WITH FULL FLAPS TO WITHIN 100 FT OF THE RWY. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWNTHE ACFT AIRSPEED WAS LESS THAN 63 KTS. THE ACFT BOUNCED TWICE BEFORE COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. AT ONE POINT THE PILOT CONSIDERED A GO-AROUND BUT NEVER INITIATED IT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6754T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6754T-1995-01-11), registration cancelled 1995-01-11, S/N M2274 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M2274
- Airframe hours: 1475
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Baton Rouge Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, January 18, 1983, 84 hours before
- Departed: BTR, BATON ROUGE, LA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: GPT, Gulfport/Biloxi, runway 13, 9,002 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 72 total, 15 in this make and model, 23 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GPT

## 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 19830702028179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830702028179A), Jul 2, 1983: Beech C23, Gulfport, MS, Substantial damage. Aircraft was high on final and pilot slipped airplane to lose altitude and made hard landing.

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.

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