# Incident 19820911059979I: Beech B19, Rockford, IL, September 11, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1982, 10:55 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Greater Rockford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2711° N, 89.0940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2711&lon=-89.0940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5137M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5137M) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820911059979I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. SHOCK ABSORBER PIN HAD SHEARED. PIN NOT REPLACED ON PREVIOUS HARD LANDING REPAIR.

## Other reports on N5137M (1)

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

- [Incident 20030704012799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030704012799I), Jul 4, 2003: Beech B19 (N5137M), Augusta, ME, Minor damage. (-23) During first solo, student pilot was flying aircraft in traffic pattern. On the third landing, the plane struck the runway in nose-low attitude. The nose…

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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