# Accident 19970615014139A: Beech B19, New Smyrna Beac, FL, June 15, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1997, 10:12 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0193° N, 80.9202° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0193&lon=-80.9202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59BW-2015-04-30) (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 O320E2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 143 total, 41 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970615014139A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED WITH TOWBAR ATTACHED. ATC ADVISED BUT FLEW TO AIRPORT. LANDED HARD LEFT MAIN NOSE HIT FOLED BOTH AND WING. (-23) THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM DAB WITH THE TOW BAR STILL CONNECTED TO THE NOSE WHEEL. DAB TOWER INFORMED PIC THAT IT WAS STILL CONNECTED TO THE AIRCRAFT AFTER N598W BECAME AIRBORNE.  PIC DUPONT ELECTED TO LAND AT 34-J (SEVERAL MILES SOUTH OF DAB). HE WAS MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRFIELD AND THE TRAFFIC VOLUME IS LOWER. WHILE LANDING - HE HIT THE LEFT WING FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT GEAR.  HE SHEARED OFF THE LEFT GEAR AS WELL AS THE NOSE WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A SUBSTANTIAL SIDELOAD AND THE FUSELAGE WAS BUCKLED ON BOTH SIDES - PROP BENT, SEVERAL DENTS ON LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS AND FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES.

## 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 MIA97LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA183), Jun 15, 1997: Beech B19 (N59BW), New Smyrna Bch, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the private pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent collapse of the left main landing gear and the nose gear.

## Other reports on N59BW (2)

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

- [Incident 19910227011159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910227011159I), Feb 27, 1991: Beech B19 (N59BW), Westminister, MD, Minor damage. Pilot failed to straighten nose gear. As engine started a brake failed and aircraft struck fuel metering device.
- [Accident 19770612014469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770612014469A), Jun 12, 1977: Beech B19 (N59BW), Birmingham, AL, Substantial damage

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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