- Date
- August 7, 1987, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1954LBeech B19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870807043009A
- Case key
- 34429
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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.
Analysis
The instructor said they were on an instructional flight practicing accuracy landings when they lost airspeed, added power, and ran out of stabilator. The student said the instructor was demonstrating a short field landing when they lost airspeed and hit hard. The nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1954L
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-800
- Airframe hours
- 8,503
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Central Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 21, 1987
- Airport
- LIT · Adams Field, runway 22, 7,173 × 150 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,770 total · 156 in this make and model · 1,390 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 43 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.