# NTSB NYC96LA180: Beech 19, N2009A, Augusta, ME, September 1, 1996 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 1, 1996, 12:15 local (16:15 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 April 29, 1997 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 39238 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC96LA180 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39238/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA180 ## Probable cause the student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in at hard landing. ## 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) - Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown - landing gear - overload ## Analysis The student pilot planned to practice takeoffs and landings to build his solo flight time. He stated that 'The takeoff and pattern work seemed very good. The final was on track and the glideslope looked correct. I held about 60 [to] 65 knots over the runway numbers 35. I became slow and flared too high. The plane stalled over the runway and came down a little too hard.' The student also stated, 'I should have did a go-around instead of flaring so high off the ground.' During touchdown, the nose and left main gear collapsed, and the propeller was damaged. The student reported that the wind was calm, and there was no mechanical malfunction of the airplane. ## Factual narrative On September 1, 1996, about 1215 eastern daylight time, a Beech 19, N2009A, was substantially damaged when the landing gear collapsed during a hard landing, at Augusta State Airport, Augusta, Maine. The student pilot, sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight. No flight plan had been filed for the instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. In the NTSB form 6120.1/2, the pilot stated: "I was going to be practicing my takeoffs and landings. I was in the process of building my solo time. The active runway was 35 and the winds were very calm. The takeoff and pattern work seemed very good. The final was on track and the glideslope looked correct. I held about 60 [to] 65 knots over the runway numbers 35. I became slow and flared too high. The plane stalled over the runway and came down a little too hard. . . .I should have did a go-around instead of flaring so high off the ground." The pilot had a total flight time of 25 hours, of which, 1 hour was solo. Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunctions with the airplane, nor did the pilot report any. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2009A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2009A-2007-08-24), registration cancelled 2007-08-24, S/N MB-898, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 19 - Registry model: [Beech B19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b19) (registry code 1151215) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: MB-898 - Airframe hours: 3675 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Maine Instrument Flight School - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, August 29, 1996, 9 hours before - Departed: AUG - Airport: AUG, Augusta State, runway 35, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 21; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 1 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: WVL, 14 nm away ## 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 19960901044469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960901044469A), Sep 1, 1996: Beech B19, Augusta, ME, Substantial damage. Flared high and stalled while landing. Failed go around. Impact. Collapsed the landing gear and other damage. ## Other investigations on N2009A (1) 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. - [NTSB IAD01LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA105), Aug 25, 2001: Beech 19 (N2009A), Augusta, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.