# NTSB CEN09CA320: Beech B19, N3214L, Winsted, MN, May 21, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 21, 2009, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Winsted, MN
- Coordinates: 44.949722, -94.066665 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9497&lon=-94.0667&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73921
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09CA320
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73921/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=73921
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA320

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare during the soft-field landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision during the landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)
- [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): Personnel issues › Psychological · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 200 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech B19, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

During the third practice soft-field landing of the instructional flight, the student pilot flared the airplane and it entered a "full stall" at 5 to 7 feet above the grass runway. The airplane touched down and the flight instructor pulled back on the yoke in an attempt to recover the landing. The nose landing gear then struck the terrain and separated. Examination of the airplane revealed that the firewall and the top of the left wing were wrinkled. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The flight instructor did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

During the third practice soft field landing of the instructional flight, the student pilot flared the airplane and it entered a "full stall" at 5 to 7 feet above the grass runway. The airplane touched down and the flight instructor pulled back on the yoke in an attempt to recover the landing. The nose landing gear then struck the terrain and separated. Examination of the airplane revealed the firewall and the top of the left wing were wrinkled resulting in substantial damage to the airplane. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The flight instructor did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3214L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3214L-2018-04-19), registration cancelled 2018-04-19, S/N MB-829, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- 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-829
- Airframe hours: 16377
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Great Lakes Aircraft, Inc., doing business as Inflight Pilot Training, LLC
- Registered owner: Great Lakes Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 24, 2009
- Departed: FLM, Eden Prairie, MN
- Destination: 10D, Winsted, MN
- Airport: 10D, Winsted Municipal Airport, runway 27, 3,200 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 26; injuries: none; airline transport, commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review November 18, 2008; seat: right; flight hours: 6,900 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 6,200 as pilot in command, 250 in the last 90 days, 85 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours
- Student pilot; age 40; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 17, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 110 total, 5 in this make and model, 74 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg

## 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 20090521012449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090521012449A), May 21, 2009: Beech B19, Winsted, MN, Substantial damage. Noncurrent private pilot was working with experienced flight instructor to get current after extended hiatus from flying. Aircraft N3214L flew to Winsted…

## Other investigations on N3214L (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI01FA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA209), Jul 17, 2001: Beech B19 (N3214L), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing, her failure to recover from the bounced landing, and the nose gear overload.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 10, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=73921. 326 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 326 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40315738&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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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