# NTSB MKC87LA157: Beech B19, N1954L, Little Rock, AR, August 7, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1987, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Coordinates: 34.729747, -92.229011 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7297&lon=-92.2290&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34429
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34429/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA157

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1954L-1990-02-08), registration cancelled 1990-02-08, S/N MB800 (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-800
- Airframe hours: 8503
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870807043009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870807043009A), Aug 7, 1987: Beech B19, Little Rock, AR, Substantial damage. Lost airspeed on short final and collapsed the nose gear on the hard landing. Demostrating a short field landing.

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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