# Incident 19990816028209I: Beech B19, Melfa, VA, August 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1999, 16:40 local time
- Place: Melfa, VA
- Airport: Accomack County
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6469° N, 75.7610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ACCOMACK COUNTY (MFV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6469&lon=-75.7610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1924W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1924W-2017-07-14) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 939 total, 25 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990816028209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT CALLED MFV UNICOM FOR AIRPORT ADVISORIES, AND WAS TOLD HE COULD LAND ON EITHER TURF RUNWAY. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT HEAR THE WORDS "EITHER TURF RUNWAY", MADE A LONG STRAIGHT IN APPROACH AND LANDED ON THE CLOSED RUNWAY BETWEEN BARROWS.  PILOT ALSO STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE YELLOW X ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 21.  THERE WERE SEVERAL WORKMEN ALONG THE RUNWAY.  NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.  PILOT TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND WAS COUNSELED BY AIRPORT MANAGER.  LATER FAA COUNSELED THE PILOT.  INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1924W (4)

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

- [Incident 19891112055559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891112055559I), Nov 12, 1989: Beech B19 (N1924W), Freeport, PA, Minor damage. Hard landing. Bounced. Nose wheel collapsed on impact. No defects or malfunction found.
- [Incident 19880912059549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880912059549I), Sep 12, 1988: Beech B19 (N1924W), Connellsville, PA, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Bounced. Nose gear sheared off and aircraft slid to a stop.
- [Incident 19790226007679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790226007679I), Feb 26, 1979: Beech B19 (N1924W), Houghton Lake, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft landed off runway. Rolled through snow and overturned.
- [Accident 19741116038649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741116038649A), Nov 16, 1974: Beech B19 (N1924W), Pontiac, MI, 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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