# NTSB CHI06LA006: Beech 19A, N5083T, Jackson, MI, October 9, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 9, 2005, 14:04 local (18:04 UTC)
- Place: Jackson, MI
- Coordinates: 42.259723, -84.459442
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2597&lon=-84.4594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 25, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Detroit, Michigan
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62862
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06LA006
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62862/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA006

## Probable cause

The student pilot's inadvertent porpoise during landing, which resulted in a loss of control and a collision with a sign.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - sign
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The student pilot was attempting to land when  the airplane porpoised and went off the side of the runway, striking a sign and sustaining substantial damage.  The student pilot did not report any preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On October 9, 2005, at 1404 eastern daylight time, a Beech model 19A, N5083T, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 32 (3,501 feet by 100 feet, asphalt), at the Jackson County Airport-Reynolds Field, Jackson, Michigan.  The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan.  The pilot was not injured.  The flight originated from the Owosso Community Airport, Owosso, Michigan, at an unconfirmed time.

According to statements from two air traffic controllers, the airplane porpoised on runway 32 during landing.  The controllers reported that the airplane then went off of the runway, striking a runway sign, and came to rest in the grass between runway 32 and taxiway D.

The student pilot reported having a total of 39 hours of flight experience.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5083T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5083T-2011-01-07), registration cancelled 2011-01-07, S/N MB-312, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 19A
- Registry model: [Beech 19A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-19a) (registry code 1151214) (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-312
- Airframe hours: 3029
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Almost New Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2005, 66 hours before
- Departed: RNP, Owosso, MI
- Destination: Jackson, MI
- Airport: JXN, Jackson County-Reynolds Field, runway 32, 3,501 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3; seat: left; flight hours: 39 total, 31 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: JXN

## 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 20051009027079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051009027079A), Oct 9, 2005: Beech 19A, Jackson, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing of the aircraft at Jackson, MI, the aircraft porpoised twice, a go around was initiated by adding power and retracting the flaps . The…

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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