LAX86LA269

NTSB accident investigation · Beech B-19 · Scottsdale, AZ · June 25, 1986

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
June 25, 1986, 12:49 local (19:49 UTC)
Place
Scottsdale, AZ
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N5420MBeech B-19
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19860625027879A
Case key
25196

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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.

Loss of control - in flightGo-around (vfr)
Go-around - initiatedPilot in command
Raising of flaps - excessivePilot in commandCause
Hard landingDescent - uncontrolled
Stall/mush - inadvertentPilot in commandFactor
Remedial action - not possiblePilot in command

Analysis

The acft was fast and long during a landing attempt according to the student plt. He elected to make a go-around but in doing so he raised the flaps too rapidly and the acft landed hard after which it bounced into the dirt off to the side of the rwy.

Aircraft

Registration
N5420M
Reported as
Beech B-19
Category
Airplane
Serial number
MB-885
Airframe hours
3,921
Engine
Lycoming O-330-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Operator
Beech Aero Club
Registered owner
Boharmi Group
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · May 20, 1986 · 90 hours before
Departed
PHX · Phoenix, AZ
Airport
SDL · Scottsdale Muni, runway 21, 8,251 × 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
24
Certificate
Student
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
51 total · 48 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
230° at 12 knots
Visibility
30 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
99 °F, dew point 57 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg
Observed at
SDL

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.