# Accident 19910819034799A: Beech B19, Poteau, OK, August 19, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1991, 19:02 local time
- Place: Poteau, OK
- Airport: Roberts S Kerr Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0398° N, 94.6308° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0398&lon=-94.6308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9741L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9741L-1995-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 780 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910819034799A

## Narrative

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

ON BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW WAS DEMOSTRATING SHORT FIELD LANDING. ON FLARE NEAR STALL HIT ON NOSE. FOLDED 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 FTW91LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA148), Aug 20, 1991: Beech B19 (N9741L), Poteau, OK, destroyed. Probable cause: THE IMPROPER FLARE TECHNIQUE UTILITZED BY THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION. A FACTOR WAS THE FAILURE OF THE CHECK PILOT TO INTERVENE.

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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