- Date
- July 30, 1986, 15:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Manchester, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6517RBeech B-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860730036629A
- Case key
- 13501
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Analysis
The pilot states, that on flare out the aircraft ballooned and then settled, sustaining a hard landing. The nose gear failed upon touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6517R
- Reported as
- Beech B-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-709
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Christopher Hoover
- Registered owner
- Christopher Hoover
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986 · 1,394 hours before
- Airport
- 75G · Rossettie, runway 36, 1,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTW, 45 nm away
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 N6517R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.