# NTSB CEN10CA479: Beech A23-19, N6919Q, Wichita, KS, August 14, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 14, 2010, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC) - Place: Wichita, KS - Coordinates: 37.747501, -97.221107 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7475&lon=-97.2211&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 7, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 76960 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA479 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76960/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76960 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA479 ## Probable cause The pilot’s loss of airplane control while landing with a gusting wind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech A23-19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=1151212), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech A23-19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=1151212), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Beech A23-19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=1151212), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech A23-19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1151212), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech A23-19, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1151212), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that he was on approach to landing when the airplane encountered a gust of wind. The airplane stalled, descended 15 feet, and collided with the ground, touching down on the nose gear first. The nosewheel, left main landing gear, and left flap were torn off; there were wrinkles in both wings and on the left rear side of the fuselage. The pilot reported no preimpact anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot did not submit NTSB Form 6120.1-2, Pilot-Operator Aircraft Accident Report, but he did submit a written statement. In that statement, he said he was on approach to AAO, and the airspeed indicator was indicating 60-65 KIAS (knots indicated airspeed). The pilot said, "I was trying to baby it down when a little gust appeared. I responded to the gust and evidently it [the airplane] stalled and nosed down. I estimate that the drop was about 15 feet, hitting nose gear first, it snapped off and I suppose the left main gear followed." The pilot said there were no mechanical problems with the airplane. An FAA inspector who went to the scene, said he observed the airplane on the left side of the runway. The nose wheel and left main landing gear was on the right side of the runway. The left flap was torn off, and there were wrinkles in both wings and on the left rear side of the fuselage. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6919Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6919Q-2011-09-28), registration cancelled 2011-09-28, S/N MB-284, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH A23-19 - Registry model: [Beech A23-19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-19) (registry code 1151212) (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-284 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2C 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Ronald D. Green - Registered owner: Ronald D. Green - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: AAO, Wichita, KS - Destination: AAO, Wichita, KS - Airport: AAO, Colonel James Jabara, runway 18, 6,101 × 100 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 20, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 107 total, 31 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 50° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 29.87 inHg - Observed at: ICT, 15 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 20100814044179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100814044179A), Aug 14, 2010: Beech A23-19, Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. While on approach to runway 18 at Jabara Airport (aao), the pilot landed hard between the runway numbers and the 500 foot markings. The pilot stated that prior… ## Other investigations on N6919Q (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 NYC80FGM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGM07), Nov 17, 1979: Beech A-23 (N6919Q), Latrobe, PA, substantial damage ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 25, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76960. 181 KB in all. - Weather Reports and Records (item 1, .PDF, 20 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40334955&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-Master.PDF - Pilot's Statement (item 2, .PDF, 103 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40337333&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%27s%20Statement-Redacted.PDF - FAA Inspector's Statement (item 3, .PDF, 59 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40337334&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%27s%20Statement-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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.