# NTSB CHI06CA261: Beech B19, N214RS, Eden Prarie, MN, August 7, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 6, 2006, 18:55 local (Aug 7, 2006, 00:55 UTC)
- Place: Eden Prarie, MN
- Coordinates: 44.82722, -93.457221
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8272&lon=-93.4572&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Minneapolis, MN, FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64837
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA261
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64837/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA261

## Probable cause

The pilot not maintaining directional control of the airplane during the landing.  A factor was the ditch.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - ground
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The airplane sustained substantial damage when it exited the runway and impacted a ditch.  The student pilot stated, "Intended purpose of the flight was for solo pattern and landing practice.  ... Base leg, final and landing were normal.  Once on the ground, after touch down, the aircraft began to swerve to the right.  I attempted to correct with left rudder but the aircraft did not respond in time and I found myself going off the runway and through the ditch."  The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.

## Factual narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage when it exited the runway and impacted a ditch.  The student pilot stated, "Intended purpose of the flight was for solo pattern and landing practice.  ... Base leg, final and landing were normal.  Once on the ground, after touch down, the aircraft began to swerve to the right.  I attempted to correct with left rudder but the aircraft did not respond in time and I found myself going off the runway and through the ditch."  The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane in reference to the flight.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N214RS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N214RS-2006-10-17), registration cancelled 2006-10-17, S/N MB848, 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: MB848
- Airframe hours: 11017
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-E3D reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mark Ward
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 1, 2006
- Departed: FCM, Eden Prarie, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: FCM

## 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 20060806026619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060806026619A), Aug 6, 2006: Beech B19, Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) During the landing phase of a student pilot flight the aircraft lost control on runway 28R. Aircraft went off runway and hit runway light. Witness from…

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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