# NTSB DEN83LA198: Beech 23, N7972L, Rocky Ford, CO, August 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 26, 1983, 19:00 local (Aug 27, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Rocky Ford, CO
- Coordinates: 38.039081, -103.719276 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0391&lon=-103.7193&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): 16144
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16144/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA198

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED HARD & BOUNCED. THE IMPACT WRINKLED THE RIGHT WING AT THE FUEL CELL POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7972L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7972L-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N MB-152, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Registry model: [Beech A23-19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-19) (registry code 1151212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MD-152
- Airframe hours: 3817
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2C 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Larry Kenneth Miller
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 15, 1983, 382 hours before
- Airport: 2V8, Melon, runway 8, 3,800 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 128 total, 128 in this make and model, 90 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 10 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830826044899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830826044899A), Aug 26, 1983: Beech A2319, Rocky Ford, CO, Substantial damage. Student stalled aircraft on short final. Impact on the runway wrinkled a wing.

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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