- Date
- August 19, 1991, 19:02 local (Aug 20, 1991, 00:02 UTC)
- Place
- Poteau, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9741LBeech B19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910819034799A
- Case key
- 23387
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Probable cause
The improper flare technique utilitzed by the pilot under instruction. A factor was the failure of the check pilot to intervene.
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
The pilot under instruction was requested by the instructor pilot to execute a short field landing. During the landing a hard touchdown was made on the nose gear, collapsing the strut. The airplane came to rest on the runway and was destroyed by a postcrash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9741L
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-527
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Waters
- Registered owner
- Richard Waters
- Departed
- 2M3 · Sallisaw, OK
- Airport
- RKR · Kerr, runway 36, 4,000 × 75 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 780 total · 660 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.