- Date
- February 17, 1984, 12:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Mayersville, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5081TBeech 19A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840217004029A
- Case key
- 6416
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt circled the airstrip prior to landing and believed the landing area in suitable condition. During the landing right main landing gear mired in a soft spot and the landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5081T
- Reported as
- Beech 19A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-338
- Airframe hours
- 1,826
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Floyd M. Stephenson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Lake Providance, LA
- Airport
- PVT · Cottonwood Plantation, runway 36, 2,800 × 35 ft, dirt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 43 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.
Other investigations on N5081T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.