Beechcraft C23 N9729L

Summary

On 1 January 2024 at about 20:40 local time, a Beechcraft C23 registered N9729L was involved in an accident near Mansfield, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

1 January 2024 at 20:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Mansfield, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

C E 'Rusty' Williams (3F3)

Coordinates

32.0741, -93.7654

Aircraft

Beechcraft C23

Registration

N9729L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Shreveport → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN24LA075

Nobody was injured.

The nose landing gear collapse and postimpact fire due to undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that she conducted a normal, full flap landing to the runway. After touchdown, the airplane’s nose landing gear collapsed, and a postimpact fire ensued after the airplane skidded to a stop. The airplane was destroyed by the postimpact fire which precluded a postaccident examination of the nose landing gear system. An airport surveillance video appeared to show the airplane bounce and porpoise several times before the airplane came to rest. Due to the poor quality of the surveillance video and lack of available evidence, the reason for the nose landing gear collapse and postimpact fire during landing sequence could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.