# Incident 19960630023719I: Beech 19A, Scottsdale, AZ, June 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1996, 08:45 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5078T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5078T-1997-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 19A (registry code 1151214, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-19a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 19A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960630023719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 30, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 MST, MR. RICHARD S. ENGEL WAS PRACTICING STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT IN BEECH 19A, N5078T, WHEN, DURING LANDING AT SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE STUDENT PILOT, WHO WAS SOLE OCCUPANT AT THE TIME. INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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