# Accident 20100605052449A: Beech B19, Ronkonkoma, NY, June 5, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2010, 15:06 local time
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7850° N, 73.1217° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7850&lon=-73.1217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1958W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1958W-2018-01-12) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA297) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100605052449A

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY JUNE 5, 2010 , AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 , CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CERT # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INSTRUCTING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT) IN HIS OWN BE-19 AIRCRAFT N1958W. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ISLIP ON RUNWAY 24 HEADING SOUTH. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING THRU APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER. THE CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OVER CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO ISP AIRPORT. AT 1506 THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO FLAMES AND BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE RIGHT AIRCRAFT DOOR( THE LEFT AIRCRAFT DOOR WAS REPORTED BEING JAMMED) . BOTH AIRMEN RECEIVED MAJOR BURNS AND WAS RUSHED TO STONY BROOK HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

## 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 ERA10LA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA297), Jun 5, 2010: Beech B19 (N1958W), Rockohoma, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection which resulted in a total loss of engine power during the initial climb due to fuel contamination.

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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