# NTSB CHI84LA253: Beech B-19, N5204M, Oshkosh, WI, June 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1984, 17:31 local (22:31 UTC)
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12662
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA253
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12662/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA253

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE ROUNDED OUT A LITTLE HIGH, WHILE LANDING ON RWY 09, STALLED & CONTACTED THE RUNWAY IN A CRABBED POSITION. A HARD LANDING RESULTED WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5204M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5204M), registered now, S/N MB-878, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech B-19
- 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 878
- Airframe hours: 2177
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 E3D 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Basler Flight Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: OSH, OSHKOSH, WI
- Airport: OSH, Wittman, runway 9, 6,180 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 21 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OSH

## 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 19840621026039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840621026039A), Jun 21, 1984: Beech B19, Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. Left main, nose gear, propeller and wing spar damage from hard landing.

## Other investigations on N5204M (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 CHI82DA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA140), Apr 28, 1982: Beech BE-19 (N5204M), Ridgeville, WI, substantial damage

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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