# NTSB FTW92LA053: Beech B19, N2226L, Bonham, TX, January 3, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 3, 1992, 15:42 local (21:42 UTC)
- Place: Bonham, TX
- Coordinates: 33.580051, -96.179344 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5801&lon=-96.1793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18431
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW92LA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18431/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA053

## Probable cause

INADVERTENT STALL DURING THE FORCED LANDING APPROACH. A FACTOR WAS THE PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT ON AN ENDORSED SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY PARTIAL POWER LOSS ON CLIMBOUT FOLLOWING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. ENGINE POWER WAS REGAINED BUT THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO LOW AND TOO SLOW. THEREFORE, WHEN THE PILOT PULLED THE NOSE UP IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAR TREES THE AIRPLANE STALLED, FOLLOWED BY IMPACT WITH TREES AND THE TERRAIN. NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND WITH THE POWERPLANT AND THE CAUSE OF THE PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2226L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2226L-1994-08-24), registration cancelled 1994-08-24, S/N MB818 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Registry model: [Beech B19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (registry code 1151215) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MB-818
- Airframe hours: 7286
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Ari Ben Aviation
- Registered owner: Ari Ben Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, December 17, 1991, 16 hours before
- Departed: ADS, ADDISON, TX
- Airport: FOO, Bonham, runway 17, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 78 total, 32 in this make and model, 21 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 32 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: GVT, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920103000129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920103000129A), Jan 3, 1992: Beech B19, Bonham, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit on touch and go. Stalled into trees. Right fuel cell empty. Fuel in left cell. No engine defects.

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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