- Date
- March 3, 1984, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6968QBeech 19A Sport III
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840303031239I
- Case key
- 6347
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The student plt landed hard & the nose gear collapsed while on a supervised solo flt. The acft slid off the rwy but remained upright.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6968Q
- Reported as
- Beech 19A Sport III (19A SPORT)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB 315
- Airframe hours
- 2,234
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Delta Romeo Corp.
- Registered owner
- Omni Enterpises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1983 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- FTY · Fulton County, runway 32, 4,158 × 100 ft, asphalt
N6968QRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Beech 19AAirframe modelBeech 19AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 13 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.