# Incident 19960712020969I: Beech B19, Augusta, ME, July 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1996, 08:40 local time
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Airport: Augusta State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3207° N, 69.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA STATE (AUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3207&lon=-69.7973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2182W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2182W-1998-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B19 (registry code 1151215, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- 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/19960712020969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 07-12-96, MR. DIETER A. VON SCHULTHESS, A STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, PERFORMED A HARD LANDING IN A BEECHCRAFT BE-19, N2182W, ON RUNWAY 35 AT AUGUSTA STATE AIRPORT, AUGUSTA, ME. DURING THE LANDING THE NOSE LANDING COLLAPSED AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND LOWER COWLING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO MR. VON SCHULTHESS, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER DAY VFR CONDITIONS. MR. VON SCHULTHESS HAS RECEIVED SAFETY COUNSELING AND RECEIVED FURTHER GROUND AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTION.

## Other reports on N2182W (1)

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

- [Incident 19870914072279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870914072279I), Sep 14, 1987: Beech B19 (N2182W), Augusta, ME, Minor damage. After liftoff control was lost and aircraft struck the ground. Veered across runway, struck a runway light.

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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