# NTSB NYC84LA124: Beech B19, N18871, Simsbury, CT, April 1, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1984, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Simsbury, CT
- Location: 41.9162° N, 72.7769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIMSBURY (4B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9162&lon=-72.7769&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35524
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA124
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35524/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA124

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MB-857
- Airframe hours: 2744
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840401007729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840401007729A), Apr 1, 1984: Beech B19, Simsbury, CT, Substantial damage. After a hard landing instructor was unable to maintain directional control. Airplane ran off runway collapsing gear

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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