Beechcraft C23 N9194S
3 August 2008 · Winter Haven, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 August 2008 at about 15:10 local time, a Beechcraft C23 registered N9194S, operated by Tailwheels Etc Inc., was involved in an accident near Winter Haven, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Winter Haven, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport (GIF)
- Coordinates
- 28.0628, -81.7533
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft C23
- Registration
- N9194S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Tailwheels Etc Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Winter Haven → Winter Haven
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA08CA153
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During the second landing of the student pilot's second solo flight, the airplane bounced and the student applied forward elevator control input. The airplane landed on the nose landing gear, which collapsed and initiated a fire that destroyed the airplane. There was no reported preimpact failure or malfunction of the airplane or its systems.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2008 | Beechcraft C23 | Panacea, Florida, United States | N60410 LLC | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 2008 | Beechcraft C23 | Marble Canyon, Arizona, United States | Russell L. Gardner | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 2008 | Beechcraft C23 | Linden, New Jersey, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 2008 | Beechcraft C23 | Augusta, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jul 2008 | Beechcraft C23 | Schaumburg, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Apr 2008 | Beechcraft C23 | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 2008 | Cessna 182B | Wildwood, Florida, United States | Henry George Traill | Fatal | 2 |
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| 13 Dec 2008 | Kimball PITTS MODEL-12 | Weirdales, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 6 May 2008 | Beechcraft 65-A90 | Titusville, Florida, United States | Titusville Drop Zone | No injuries | - |
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