# NTSB ERA22LA101: Beech B19, N24605, Lebanon, TN, January 4, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: January 4, 2022, 13:34 local (19:34 UTC) - Place: Lebanon, TN - Coordinates: 36.19756, -86.315439 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1976&lon=-86.3154&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: 3 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): 104491 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA101 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104491/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104491 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA101 ## Probable cause The failure of the certified flight instructor to attain the proper glidepath which resulted in a collision with a fence and terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: fence/fence post](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 313 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech B19, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370); cases with it: [Beech B19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 201 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md) - [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) ## Analysis The flight instructor reported to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector that he was planning to demonstrate to the student how to land on the numbers for the runway and set up his approach accordingly. He believed that while crossing the road adjacent to the airport, the sun visor slipped down and after seeing a fence, pulled aft on the control yoke but was too late. The student pilot stated that he saw the flight was, “coming down really fast” and he was about to say something to the flight instructor and pull the control yoke but the airplane impacted the fence with the landing gear. The pilot reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. A post-accident examination revealed substantial damage to the engine mount and wrinkles to the lower and upper skins of the left wing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N24605](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24605), registered now, S/N MB-553 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH B19 (NO SERIES) - 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-553 - Year built: 1972 - Airframe hours: 3282.5 - Engines: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 12, 2021 - Departed: TZV, Tompkinsville, KY - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: M54, Lebanon Municipal, runway 19, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 18; injuries: none; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 4 total, 4 in this make and model - Flight instructor; age 92; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: right; flight hours: 25,600 total, 20 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 14 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 30.12 inHg - Observed at: KM54, 0.1 nm away - METAR: KM54 041935Z AUTO 18014KT 10SM CLR 06/02 A3012 ## 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 20220104000309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220104000309A), Jan 4, 2022: Beech B19, Lebanon, TN, Substantial damage. PIC was showing student an approach to the runway numbers. Flaps were not extended. The sun was down the runway in the pilots eyes. The sun visor fell further… ## Other investigations on N24605 (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 NYC77DNC24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77DNC24), Apr 11, 1977: Beech B19 (N24605), Machias, ME, substantial damage ## Docket (6 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 24, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104491. 9.6 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 13 pages, 4.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13367326&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Recd%201%2031%202022_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of NTSB conversation (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 136 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13366825&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FINAL%20Record%20of%20Convo%20w%20Jacob%20Dean%201%2011%202022%20v02%20w%20Corrctns_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Excerpts of FAA inspector statement (item 3, PDF, 4 pages, 2.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13366835&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Excerpts%20of%20FAA%20Inspector%20Statement-Rel.pdf - Statements from CFI and student (item 4, PDF, 2 pages, 547 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13368214&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Statements%20from%20Student%20and%20CFI_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 5, PDF, 3 pages, 3 photos, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13369433&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-Rel.pdf - Release of aircraft wreckage, NTSB form 6120.15 (item 6, PDF, 1 page, 491 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13390754&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Fully%20Executed%20Wreckage%20Release%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.