# Incident 20030818020409I: Beech B19, Augusta, ME, August 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2003, 14:50 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: N2168W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2168W) (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 O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 95 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030818020409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ON LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT. AIRMAN STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF SHE NOTED PASSENGER DOOR WAS UNLATCHED AND SHE REMAINED IN TRAFFIC PATTERN IN ORDER TO MAKE FULL STOP LANDING. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS "ON THE GLIDE SLOPE PATH SHOWING THE NEAR VASI LIGHTS WHITE AND THE FAR LIGHTS RED". CROSSED OVER RUNWAY NUMBERS 25-30 FEET AGL SHE THEN HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN AND "THE PLANE LOST THE REMAINING ALTITUDE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE". THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY IN A NOSE-LOW ATTITUDE. THE PROPELLER APPEARS TO HAVE STRUCK THE RUNWAY LEAVING DEEP GOUGE, NOSEWHEEL TRUNION FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ALONG RUNWAY WITH MINIMAL CONTACT WITH RUNWAY SURFACE (AIRCRAFT NOSE HIGH). PROPELLER BLADES BENT AFT, NOSEGEAR TRUNION SHEARED OFF. NO INJURIES. ONE EYEWITNESS STATED THAT IT APPEARED THE PILOT MADE NOSE LOW APPROACH AND DID NOT INITIATE PROPER FLARE.

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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