# Incident 20250818010539I: Beech B19, Mesa, AZ, August 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2025, 09:35 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5040M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5040M) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 372 total, 74 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250818010539I

## Narrative

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

A PART 61 FLIGHT INSTRUCTION SESSION COMMENCED AT 0805 AM FROM KFFZ, FOCUSING ON GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS, INCLUDING TURNS AROUND A POINT AND S-TURNS ALONG A ROAD. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTED A PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFING, AGREEING TO PROCEED WITH LANDING PRACTICE FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE MANEUVERS.  AFTER CONCLUDING THE GROUND REFERENCE EXERCISES, THE STUDENT PILOT COMMUNICATED WITH THE TOWER, REQUESTING CLEARANCE TO LAND.  DURING THE LANDING PHASE, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A FLAT LANDING, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE , THE AIRCRAFT THEN DESCENDED NOSE DOWN WITH THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTING THE RUNWAY, LEADING TO A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND THE DETACHMENT OF THE WHEEL. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND, CEASING ITS ROTATION. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN ALONG RUNWAY 4R, VEERING OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.

AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTED POST-LANDING. THE PROPELLER EXHIBITED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, CHARACTERIZED BY DEEP SCRATCHES AND BENDING OF THE TIPS. THE FIREWALL UNDERWENT A VISUAL INSPECTION, WITH NO DAMAGE OBSERVED. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL ATTACHMENT WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN.

THREE DISTINCT BOUNCE MARKS FROM THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WERE IDENTIFIED ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE. THE FIRST BOUNCE MARK WAS IDENTIFIED ON A PANEL LOCATED AFT OF THE FIREWALL THIS PANEL EXHIBITED A CRACK MEASURING 1 1/4 INCHES IN LENGTH, 3 ½ INCHES FROM THE FIREWALL. THE SECOND BOUNCE MARK WAS POSITIONED 3 1/2 FEET FROM THE FIREWALL, AND THE THIRD WAS OBSERVED 8.3 FEET FROM THE FIREWALL.

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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