- Date
- April 18, 1982, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N49942Fairchild PT-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820418013679A
- Case key
- 70091
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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 pilot was flying with the owner of the aircraft to help him get acquainted with his plane. While on final approach, the owner let the aircraft get low. He corrected by adding power, but reportedly raised the nose beyond the stall angle. The aircraft stalled, and during recover, it contacted the ground with enough force to damage the plane. The instructor reported the wind was gusting to 25 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49942
- Reported as
- Fairchild PT-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F42 1523
- Airframe hours
- 986
- Engine
- Ranger 6-440-C2, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- William R. Heck
- Registered owner
- William R. Heck
- Departed
- Butler, PA
- Destination
- Butler, PA
- Airport
- Butler Co., runway 25, 4,000 × 100 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
- 77
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 6,857 total · 103 in this make and model · 6,676 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.