- Date
- August 16, 1992, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Park Rapids, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6055NBeech 19A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920816031859A
- Case key
- 15520
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Probable cause
A hard landing due to excessive descent rate.
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
Pilot was making approach to runway 13 with wind 160 at 17 knots. Pilot slipped airplane to compensate for crosswind. Over the runway at 15 feet AGL the airplane dropped to the runway and collapsed the left main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6055N
- Reported as
- Beech 19A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB379
- Airframe hours
- 4,213
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen G. Thomas, doing business as Park Rapids Aviation
- Registered owner
- Stephen G. Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 23, 1992 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- PKD
- Airport
- PKD · Park Rapids Muni, runway 13, 5,498 × 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 6 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PKD, 1 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.