- Date
- January 28, 1975
- Place
- Winter Haven, FL · WINTER HAVEN, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2338LBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148295
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0666 75/1/28 WINTER HAVEN,FL BEECH 23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 87 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N2338L PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILBERT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTER HAVEN,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT DISTRACTED BY FLOCK OF BIRDS ON FINAL APP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2338L
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gilbert Field
N2338LRegistration cancelled Sep 29, 2005 · Beech 23Airframe modelBeech 23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.