# NTSB ATL84IA117: Beech 19A Sport III, N6968Q, Atlanta, GA, March 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 3, 1984, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Coordinates: 33.739067, -84.570419 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7391&lon=-84.5704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6347
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84IA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6347/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84IA117

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6968Q-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N MB-315, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 19A SPORT III (19A SPORT)
- Registry model: [Beech 19A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-19a) (registry code 1151214) (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 315
- Airframe hours: 2234
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19840303031239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840303031239I), Mar 3, 1984: Beech 19A, Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Leveled off too high dropped hard on the runway. Impact collapsed the nose gear.

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.

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