# NTSB investigations: Beech B19: Loss of control - in flight

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB FTW01FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA003.md): Beech B19 · Umbarger, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 2000 · N5108R · Destroyed
  > The pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Contributing factors were the low ceilings, the dark night illumination, the lack of visual cues, and the pilot's lack of instrument flight qualification or experience.
- [NTSB NYC00LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA148.md): Beech 19 · West Milford, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 1, 2000 · N100RF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing.
- [NTSB SEA91LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA169.md): Beech B19 · Bend, OR · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 14, 1991 · N24576 · Substantial damage
  > Poor preflight planning/preparation by the pilot in command. Factors to the accident were: high density altitude, excessive climb rate, inadequate remedial action, and lack of total flight expereince.
- [NTSB FTW90LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA173.md): Beech BE19 · Dallas, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 1990 · N23848 · Substantial damage
  > The instructor pilot's failure to maintain crew coordination in the cockpit, and the student pilot's premature retraction of the flaps during a critical maneuver. Factors were the certified flight instructors inadequate supervision and the inadvertent low…
- [NTSB FTW90LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA132.md): Beech B19 · Mc Kinney, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1990 · N18989 · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate supervision by the PIC, the instructor pilot, when he allowed the student pilot to flare at too high an altitude off the runway.
- [NTSB ATL86LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA225.md): Beech BE-19 · Ardmore, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1986 · N285G · Substantial damage
  > During the landing attempt, the pilot elected to go-around after he realized that a safe landing could not be completed. During the go-around the acft settled to the rwy after the pilot retracted the flaps. The acft rolled off the departure end of the rwy at…
- [NTSB LAX86LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA269.md): Beech B-19 · Scottsdale, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1986 · N5420M · Substantial damage
  > The acft was fast and long during a landing attempt according to the student plt. He elected to make a go-around but in doing so he raised the flaps too rapidly and the acft landed hard after which it bounced into the dirt off to the side of the rwy.
- [NTSB CHI83LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA191.md): Beech BE-19-180 · Champaign, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 22, 1983 · N5101R · Substantial damage
  > The acft drifted across the runway in a crosswind and collided with a runway light. The student pilot had taken off on runway 22 for his first solo flight. The tower changed runways according to the pilot and made 04 the active. The wind was 150 degrees at 8…
- [NTSB NYC82FA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA175.md): Beech B19 · South Yarmouth, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1982 · N783Y · Destroyed
  > The acft stalled & impacted trees as the plt was buzzing a residence at 150-200 ft above the tree tops.
- [NTSB FTW82FPG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPG08.md): Beech 19 · Little Rock, AR · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Jan 2, 1982 · N9779L · Destroyed
  > The aircraft departed north Little Rock airport sometime after 1745 and was not seen or heard from again. At approximately 1900 a witness 5 miles from the airport heard the sound of a light aircraft increasing and decreasing power just before the sound of…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151215')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1151215&occurrence=250

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