- Date
- April 1, 1984, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Simsbury, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18871Beech B19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840401007729A
- Case key
- 35524
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an instructional flt, a landing was made during which control of the acft was lost and the acft collided with a snow bank hard enough to shear off one of the main landing gear. The other main gear collapsed but the nose gear did not. The instructor (CFI) said he felt a severe shimmy in the acft, but he did not remember whether it started before or after the nosewheel touched down. No preexiting mechanical problem was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18871
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-857
- Airframe hours
- 2,744
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Valley Airways
- Registered owner
- Valley Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 4B8 · Plainville, CT
- Airport
- 4B9 · Simsbury, runway 3, 2,205 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,199 total · 254 in this make and model · 1,010 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.