# Incident 20010712019689I: Beech 1900D, Durango, CO, July 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2001, 16:40 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Airport: Durango-La Plata County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 37.1515° N, 107.7538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DURANGO-LA PLATA COUNTY (DRO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1515&lon=-107.7538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3YV-2004-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010712019689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. FEDERICO A CHECKAIRMAN FOR AIRMIDWEST INC. WAS GIVING MR. MATTFELD A FAR 121.441 INITIAL PROFICIENCY CHECK IN DURANGO, CO. DURING ONE OF THE CIRCLE TO LAND INSTRUMENT APPROACHES MR. MATTFELD SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO REF SPEED AT 300 FEET. HE WAS ADVISED BY MR. FEDERICO TO GET NO SLOWER. AT ABOUT 50 FEET MR. MATTFELD ABRUPTLY PULLED THE POWER LEVERS TO FLIGHT IDLE AND PITCHED UP THE NOSE AGGRESSIVELY. MR. FEDERICO ASSUMED THE CONTROLS, APPLIED MAXIMUM POWER, AND SHALLOWED OUT THE PITCH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR.

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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