41.6952° N, 85.9554° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Elkhart, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 19, 1978 · 12:40 local
Place
Elkhart, IN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N24029
Reported as
Beech B19
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18 total18 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Student porpoised and landed hard causing damage to prop and nose gear.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PORPOISED AND LANDED HARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROP AND NOSE GEAR.