# Accident 20090521012449A: Beech B19, Winsted, MN, May 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: Winsted, MN
- Airport: Winsted Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9497° N, 94.0667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9497&lon=-94.0667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3214L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3214L-2018-04-19) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090521012449A

## Narrative

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

NONCURRENT PRIVATE PILOT WAS WORKING WITH EXPERIENCED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO GET CURRENT AFTER EXTENDED HIATUS FROM FLYING.  AIRCRAFT N3214L FLEW TO WINSTED AIRPORT FOR PRACTICE SOFTFIELD LANDINGS.  ON THIRD LANDING IN PATTERN N3214L PRIVATE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE THREE POINT FULL STALL ATTITUDE AND ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET BEFORE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED.  AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP STRAIGHT AHEAD IN 200 FEET.  INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS VERY FIRM BUT DID NOT FEEL IT WAS A HARD LANDING.  INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE WAS VERY SURPRISED BY OUTCOME.  UNTIL EXITING AIRCRAFT INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT HE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD HAPPENED.  FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAS BEEN ISSUED A LETTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH 89001.1, VOLUME 6, CHAPTER 1 REQUIRING OBSEREVATION BY AN FAA OPERATIONS INSPECTOR WHILE GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION.

## 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 CEN09CA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA320), May 21, 2009: Beech B19 (N3214L), Winsted, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare during the soft-field landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision during the landing.

## Other reports on N3214L (3)

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

- [Incident 20050727021669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050727021669I), Jul 27, 2005: Beech B19 (N3214L), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Rubber disk in plate assembly failed inside nose gear housing causing nose gear fork and axial assembly to contact nose gear housing, which caused an…
- [Accident 20010717018849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010717018849A), Jul 17, 2001: Beech B19 (N3214L), Minneapolis, MN, No damage. (.19) On July 17, 2001, at 1617 central daylight time, a Beech B19, N3214L, operated by a student pilot sustained substantial damage when it impacted on runway…
- [Incident 19840321012819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840321012819I), Mar 21, 1984: Beech B19 (N3214L), Fayetteville, AR, Minor damage. Made hard landing in gusty wind on a checkride. Impact broke off a wheel. Stayed aloft and examiner landed plane.

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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