- Date
- February 12, 1983, 10:13 local (15:13 UTC)
- Place
- Naples, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2302LBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830212006389A
- Case key
- 30846
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - waterFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Hard landing
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overloadFactor
Analysis
According to the pilot the engine lost power while on a short final due to water in the fuel. The acft impacted the ground at a high rate of sink, the nose gear collapsed and the acft was damaged substantially.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2302L
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-123
- Airframe hours
- 1,384
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stanley Sowa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 8, 1982 · 28 hours before
- Airport
- APF · Naples, runway 22, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,174 total · 45 in this make and model · 1,874 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.