# NTSB NYC87LA214: Beech B19, N23838, Augusta, ME, August 4, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1987, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Location: 44.3207° N, 69.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA STATE (AUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3207&lon=-69.7973&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30704
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA214
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30704/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA214

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Fire, other

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT RPRTD THAT DURING A PRACTICE LANDING, HE ROUNDED OUT TOO HIGH. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT BOUNCED HARD & THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AFTER COMING TO REST, THE PLT EXITED THE ACFT, BUT A FIRE ERUPTED & THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23838](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23838-1988-05-10), registration cancelled 1988-05-10, S/N MB880 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Registry model: [Beech B19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (registry code 1151215) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MB-880
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Maine Instructional Flight Sch
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: AUG, Augusta State, runway 17, 5,140 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 19870804045189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870804045189A), Aug 4, 1987: Beech B19, Augusta, ME, Destroyed. Leveled off too high and bounced hard on a practice landing. Nose wheel collapsed and aircraft destroyed by fire.

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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