# NTSB FTW73FPA06: Beech B23, N2377Q, Waxahachie, TX, July 29, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 29, 1972
- Place: Waxahachie, TX · WAXAHACHIE, TX
- Location: 32.3865° N, 96.8483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waxahachie, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3865&lon=-96.8483&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168081
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW73FPA06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FPA06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2611  72/7/29    WAXAHACHIE,TEX      BEECH B23           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 50 TOTAL
        TIME - 1600                    N2377Q              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OBRIEN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ITALY,TEX                   WAXAHACHIE,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- HIT A TERRACE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2377Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2377Q-2013-04-15), registration cancelled 2013-04-15, S/N M-452, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23
- Registry model: [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (registry code 1151202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Obrien

## Other investigations on N2377Q (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 UNK64X3988](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3988), Sep 14, 1964: Beechcraft 23 (N2377Q), Ogallala, NE, substantial damage

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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