# NTSB NYC83LA119: Beech Sport, N24687, Bangor, ME, May 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 19, 1983, 09:28 local (13:28 UTC)
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35187
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35187/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA119

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD MADE 7 SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS. ON THIS FINAL LANDING A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE ACFT ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT LOST DIRECTION CONTROL. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24687](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24687-2013-07-18), registration cancelled 2013-07-18, S/N MB-575, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH SPORT
- Registry model: [Beech B19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (registry code 1151215) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MB-575
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Roger L. Lathrop
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 6, 1983
- Departed: BGR, BANGOR, ME
- Airport: BGR, Bangor, runway 33, 14,000 × 300 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; medical: unknown, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 40 total, 19 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °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 19830519020089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830519020089A), May 19, 1983: Beech B19, Bangor, ME, Destroyed. Student lost control of aircraft landing in gusty wind. Aircraft ran off the 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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