# NTSB MIA90LA094: Beech B-19, N24613, Everglades City, FL, March 24, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 24, 1990, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Location: 25.8489° N, 81.3903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EVERGLADES AIRPARK (X01), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8489&lon=-81.3903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32640
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA90LA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32640/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA094

## Probable cause

THE PILOTS FAILURE TO FLARE THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING RESULTING IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR CONTACTING THE RUNWAY CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FIRST WHICH CAUSED IT TO COLLAPSE. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE ACFT OFF THE RWY & WHILE DOING SO, THA ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER THE BROKEN STRUT SANK IN SOFT SAND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24613](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24613-1992-08-17), registration cancelled 1992-08-17, S/N MB554 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-19
- Registry model: [Beech B19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (registry code 1151215) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MB-554
- Engines: LYCOMING O320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Howell, Robert C.
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Departed: LNA, WEST PALM BEACH, FL
- Airport: X01, Everglades, runway 15, 2,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 210 total, 20 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: FMY, 52 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 19900324030489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900324030489A), Mar 24, 1990: Beech B19, Everglades, FL, Substantial damage. Landed hard on nose wheel which caused nose gear to collapse and aircraft to flip over.

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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