# NTSB ERA20LA344: Beech B19, N18778, Laconia, NH, September 20, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 20, 2020, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Laconia, NH - Coordinates: 43.573042, -71.417842 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5730&lon=-71.4178&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 103005 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA20LA344 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103005/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103005 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA344 ## Probable cause The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and the nose landing gear collapsing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that the airplane was too high and too fast on short final approach. It then floated in ground effect and bounced. The pilot attempted to perform a go-around, but the airplane would not climb and began porpoising, followed by hard contact of the nose landing gear (NLG) and propeller with the runway. The pilot subsequently landed on the grass area off the right side of the runway. The airplane sustained damage to the NLG, propeller, engine mounts and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N18778](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18778-2022-08-15), registration cancelled 2022-08-15, S/N MB-849, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH B19 - 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-849 - Year built: 1977 - Airframe hours: 3974 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 150 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 2020, 48 hours before - Departed: MHT, Manchester, NH - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: LCI, Laconia Municipal Airport, runway 8, 5,890 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 51; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 10, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 188 total, 125 in this make and model, 45 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 30 °F - Altimeter: 30.52 inHg - Observed at: LCI ## 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 20200920021869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200920021869A), Sep 20, 2020: Beech B19, Gilford, NH, Substantial damage. Airman [privacy data omitted] stated to this inspector the following in a telephonic conversation 04/08/2021. This statement was confirmed by a video of the… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 19, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103005. 4.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 3.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12268530&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120-Rel.pdf - Interview summary (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 117 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12268392&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Interview%20Summary-Rel.pdf - Weather report (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 74 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12268711&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Metars-Rel.pdf - Photo array (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 909 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12268169&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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