# NTSB ATL02LA002: Beech 19, N1929W, St Clair Spring, AL, October 20, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 20, 2001, 14:51 UTC - Place: St Clair Spring, AL - Coordinates: 33.299999, -86.300003 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3000&lon=-86.3000&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 3 minor - Status: Completed, report February 25, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA-Birmingham FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 53688 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL02LA002 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53688/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA002 ## Probable cause The pilot misjudged the touchdown point that resulted in the runway overrun. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis Upon arriving at the destination airport, the flight entered the traffic pattern for a runway 27 approach and landing. A nearby eyewitness reported that the airplane appeared to be high on the approach to land on the 2000-foot long sod airstrip. The airplane rolled off the departure end of the runway and collided with a berm and sheared off the main landing gear. The airplane came to rest in the front yard of a nearby resident. The post-accident examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane. The aircraft maintenance logs were not recovered for examination. ## Factual narrative On October 20, 2001, at 1451 central daylight time, a Beech 19, N1929W, was registered to a private owner and operated by the pilot, collided with the ground and a berm during an attempted landing to a private sod airstrip near St. Clair Springs, Alabama. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The private pilot and his two passengers received minor injuries. The airplane sustained substantial structural damage. The flight departed Attala County Airport in Kosciusko, Mississippi, at 1230. According to the pilot after takeoff, he established radio and radar contact with Memphis Center for flight following. Flight following continued until the flight was within range of the destination airport. Upon arriving at the destination airport, the flight entered the traffic pattern for a runway 27 approach and landing. A nearby eyewitness reported that the airplane appeared to be high on the approach to land on the 2000-foot long sod airstrip. The airplane rolled off the departure end of the runway and collided with a berm and sheared off the main landing gear. The airplane came to rest in the front yard of a nearby resident. The post-accident examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane. The aircraft maintenance logs were not recovered for examination. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1929W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1929W-2017-05-15), registration cancelled 2017-05-15, S/N MB-593, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 19 - Registry model: [Beech B19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (registry code 1151215) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: MB-593 - Airframe hours: 3661 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: James D. Card - Registered owner: Anna C Power - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KOSX, Kosciusko, MS - Destination: St Clair Spring, AL - Airport: Private Grass Strip, runway 27, 2,300 × 150 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 34; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review October 1, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 469 total, 85 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: ANB, 187 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20011020036199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020036199A), Oct 20, 2001: Beech B19, Ashville, AL, No damage. (-23) Pilot made an intentional landing at a private grass strip, bounced down the runway and ran off the end of it. The aircraft then bounced across a county… From the NTSB's public API. 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