# Accident 20060929026569A: Beech B19, Pontiac, MI, September 29, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2006, 13:19 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6656° N, 83.4203° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6656&lon=-83.4203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1949W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1949W-2013-04-11) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 216 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA274) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060929026569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THE FOLLOWING: AFTER NOTICING HE WAS HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL APPROACH HE LOWERED THE THIRD NOTCH OF FLAPS. AFTER LOWERING THE FLAPS THE SINK RATE BECAME TOO FAST SO HE ADDED 100 RPM TO ARREST THE SINK RATE. WHEN HE LANDED, THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST, BOUNCED THEN HIT NOSE FIRST A SECOND TIME CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE CONSISTING OF A SEPARATED NOSE GEAR AND BUCKLED FIREWALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER.

## 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 CHI06CA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA274), Sep 29, 2006: Beech B19 (N1949W), Pontiac, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to perform a go-around when he noticed the airplane was not on a stabilized final approach. Contributing factors to the accident were the hard landing, the subsequent…

## Other reports on N1949W (1)

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

- [Accident 19731018032819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731018032819A), Oct 18, 1973: Beech A2319 (N1949W), Sacremento, CA, Substantial damage. Student raised flaps aft bounced ldng,froze on controls while ip attempted recovery.

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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