# NTSB CEN24LA130: Beech B19, N1955W, Oklahoma City, OK, March 4, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 4, 2024, 16:25 local (22:25 UTC) - Place: Oklahoma City, OK - Coordinates: 35.601216, -97.706136 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6012&lon=-97.7061&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 193910 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA130 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193910/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193910 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA130 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, aerodynamic stall, and impact with the runway. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 990 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot was conducting his first solo flight. He reported that during the first landing attempt he flared the airplane too early, which resulted in a bounced landing. He pitched the nose down and the airplane bounced into the air again, then the pitched the nose up. The airplane stalled and impacted the runway in a nose low attitude, which resulted in the nose landing gear collapse and substantial damage to the left wing. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1955W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1955W), registered now, S/N MB-619, built 1973 (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-619 - Year built: 1973 - Airframe hours: 3669 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 12, 2024 - Airport: HSD, Sundance, runway 18/36, 5,001 × 100 ft, concrete - Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 38; injuries: none; student; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 33 total, 5 in this make and model, 0 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 350° at 13 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 29.73 inHg - Observed at: KPWA, 5 nm away - METAR: KPWA 042153Z 35013KT 10SM CLR 23/06 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP057 T02330061 ## 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 20240304001459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240304001459A), Mar 4, 2024: Beech B19, Yukon, OK, Substantial damage. Student pilot received solo endorsement on the make and model of aircraft after receiving instruction and completeing three touch and go and pattern flights.… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 12, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193910. 3.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16871282&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20-%20Pilot_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot's statements - student and instructor (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 209 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16871292&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20email%20-%20Pilot%20anf%20CFI%20statements_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 3, PDF, 5 pages, 4 photos, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16871383&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Docket%20photos-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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