# NTSB NYC93LA073: Beech B19, N6986R, Old Bridge, NJ, April 8, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 7, 1993, 20:00 local (Apr 8, 1993, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Old Bridge, NJ
- Location: 40.3299° N, 74.3468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLD BRIDGE (3N6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3299&lon=-74.3468&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37303
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC93LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37303/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA073

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR.

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Analysis

THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM AN AIRPORT, THAT WAS NOTAM CLOSED, FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT.  THE PILOT'S FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT RESULTED IN A BOUNCED LANDING AND A GO AROUND.  THE PILOT'S SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT ALSO RESULTED IN A BOUNCED LANDING, FOLLOWED BY A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND A POST CRASH FIRE ERUPTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6986R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6986R-1995-11-15), registration cancelled 1995-11-15, S/N MB753 (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-753
- Airframe hours: 3700
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Sanford Gorzelsky
- Registered owner: Sanford Gorzelsky
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 31, 1993, 13 hours before
- Departed: 3N6
- Destination: 3N6
- Airport: 3N6, Old Bridge, runway 24, 3,594 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,922 total, 150 in this make and model, 1,248 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TTN, 24 nm away

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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