- Date
- May 5, 1986, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N624SKBeech BE-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860505016449A
- Case key
- 30333
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft touched down on a grass landing area and the nose gear collapsed. The acft appeared to have touched down between a crossing runway and taxiway, both of which are asphalt. There is a depression, aprx 18-24 inches deep, that the acft crossed. Wrinkles were found on the top of both wings where the landing gear attaches to the wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N624SK
- Reported as
- Beech BE-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-372
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald Oliveria
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 8, 1985
- Departed
- FLR · Fall River Muni
- Airport
- PYM · Plymouth Muni., runway 24, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,057 total · 2,982 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 215° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 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.