- Date
- July 21, 1982, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Berrien Springs, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1914LBeech B19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820721030819A
- Case key
- 69934
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During landing, the aircraft bounced and the pilot lost directional control. Subsequently, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway, went into a muddy area, and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1914L
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB803
- Airframe hours
- 1,812
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cynthia J. Bewick
- Registered owner
- Cynthia J. Bewick
- Departed
- Lansing, MI
- Destination
- Berrien Springs, MI
- Airport
- C20 · Andrews University, runway 13, 3,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 190 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1914L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.