# NTSB NYC82DA073: Fairchild PT-19, N49942, Butler, PA, April 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 18, 1982, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Butler, PA
- Coordinates: 40.859222, -79.890533 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8592&lon=-79.8905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70091
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70091/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49942-2012-06-12), registration cancelled 2012-06-12, S/N 42-1523 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD PT-19
- Registry model: [Fairchild PT-19](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-pt-19) (registry code 3371606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: F42 1523
- Airframe hours: 986
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 77; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820418013679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820418013679A), Apr 18, 1982: Frchld PT19, Butler, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft was stalled too high during flare for landing causing damage when gear hit runway.

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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