# NTSB CEN26LA021: Beech C23, N2130W, Tulsa, OK, October 15, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 15, 2025, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC) - Place: Tulsa, OK - Coordinates: 36.04, -95.99 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0400&lon=-95.9900&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 15, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 201870 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN26LA021 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201870/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201870 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA021 ## Probable cause The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C23, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Landing gear system: nose/tail landing gear](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023220): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Damaged/degraded; cases with it: [Beech C23, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023220/cases.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 185 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023220/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech C23, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Beech C23, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Beech C23, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that during the landing the airplane floated more than expected. According to the pilot, the airplane touched down “slightly” then became airborne and began flying again. The pilot attempted to added power to “buffer” the landing, but the airplane bounced a second time; she added more power, and the airplane bounced a third time. On the third bounce, the nose landing gear separated from the airplane. When this happened, the pilot elected to fly the airplane off the runway into the grass before coming to a stop. The engine mount sustained substantial damage. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2130W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2130W), registered now, S/N M-1505, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH C23 - Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: M-1505 - Year built: 1974 - Airframe hours: 2093 - Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4J 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Unusual Attitudes Flying Club - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 26, 2025 - Departed: 2M0, Princeton, KY - Destination: KRVS, Tulsa, OK - Airport: KRVS, Tulsa Riverside Airport, runway 19R, 5,101 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 37; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review October 15, 2024; seat: right; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 1,934.5 total, 45 in this make and model, 1,364.3 as pilot in command, 85.4 in the last 90 days, 25.8 in the last 30 days, 1.3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 140° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.09 inHg - Observed at: KRVS - METAR: METAR KRVS 151853Z 14005KT 10SM CLR 29/14 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02890144= ## 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 20251015014559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251015014559A), Oct 15, 2025: Beech C23, Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. At approximately 1415 local time on October 15, 2025, a Beech C23 was on approach to Tulsa Riverside (krvs) runway 19R. During touchdown, the aircraft bounced… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 15, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201870. 22.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 21.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19567234&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN26LA021%20-%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 391 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19567425&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN26LA021%20-%20PHOTOS-Rel.pdf 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.