# Accident 19810909060199A: Beech B19, Eden Prairie, MN, September 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1981, 14:15 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6971R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6971R-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 121 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FER68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER68) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810909060199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING. BROKE OFF NOSE GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI81FER68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER68), Sep 9, 1981: Beech B19 (N6971R), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6971R (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880626034029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880626034029I), Jun 26, 1988: Beech B19 (N6971R), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Student lost control on landing. Aircraft veered off runway into a ditch.
- [Incident 19870310009679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870310009679I), Mar 10, 1987: Beech B19 (N6971R), Eden Prairie, MN, Minor damage. Left main gear separated aircraft after takeoff. Landed beside runway. Gear housing casting had broken.
- [Incident 19870206036529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870206036529I), Feb 6, 1987: Beech B19 (N6971R), Mankato, MN, Minor damage. The student landed the airplane hard, porpoised and veered off the runway.
- [Incident 19850710059719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850710059719I), Jul 10, 1985: Beech B19 (N6971R), Eden Prairie, MN, Minor damage. First solo student porpoised on landing and nose gear collapsed into belly fuel drain. Small fire from leaking fuel

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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