# NTSB SEA02LA033: Beech B-19, N23849, Moses Lake, WA, January 28, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 28, 2002, 10:40 local (18:40 UTC) - Place: Moses Lake, WA - Coordinates: 47.150554, -119.503334 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1506&lon=-119.5033&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 18, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA- Spokane FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 54259 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA02LA033 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54259/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54259 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA033 ## Probable cause The instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot. Also, the dual student's incorrect use of the fuel selector valve. A factor was the uneven terrain. ## Analysis The student was performing a simulated engine out procedure. The instructor reported that the student had set up to land downwind. The student was instructed to go around, however, when power was added, the engine did not respond. The instructor took control of the aircraft and landed in the same field the student had selected. The aircraft nosed over in the field and came to rest inverted. Post accident fuel system flow tests revealed that the fuel selector valve was found to be pointing almost to the off detent and did not allow flow to the fuel strainer or engine supply hose. The instructor reported that he had not checked the position of the fuel selector valve prior to the accident. ## Factual narrative On January 28, 2002, about 1040 Pacific standard time, a Beech B-19, N23849, sustained substantial damage subsequent to an off airport forced landing near Moses Lake, Washington. The airplane is owned by Big Bend Community College, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) instructional flight under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91. The first pilot, an airline transport pilot/certified flight instructor, and the second pilot, a student pilot receiving instruction, were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no FAA flight plan was filed for the local flight. The flight originated from Grant County International Airport (MWH) approximately 20 minutes prior to the accident. In a written statement, the instructor reported that during a simulated engine out procedure, the student pilot incorrectly set the airplane up to land downwind in a field. According to the instructor's written statement, he instructed the student to go around, however, when the student pilot applied power the engine RPM increased and then decreased quickly. The instructor pilot took control of the airplane and initiated an off airport forced landing. After touchdown, during the rollout, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over. Post-accident examination of the airplane's fuel system, by personnel from Big Bend Community College and the FAA, revealed that the airplane's fuel selector was found to be pointing almost to the right-hand "off" position, well beyond the right hand tank detent. In this position there was no fuel flow to the main fuel strainer and/or to the engine supply hose. By positioning the fuel selector valve in either the right-hand or left-hand detent, there was unrestricted fuel flow to the strainer and engine supply hose. The student pilot reported, to the Director of Flight Operations, that he might have turned the fuel selector to the "off" position while attempting to change fuel tanks. The instructor pilot reported, to the Director of Flight Operations, that he had not checked the position of the fuel selector valve prior to the accident. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, emergency landing - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - fuel tank selector position - incorrect, dual student (cause) - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N23849](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23849-2002-03-06), registration cancelled 2002-03-06, S/N MB-876, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech B-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-876 - Airframe hours: 6950 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Big Bend Community College - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, November 8, 2001, 71 hours before - Departed: KMWH, Moses Lake, WA - Destination: WA - Flight plan: Company VFR ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 52; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review January 7, 2001; seat: right; flight hours: 8,936 total, 1,607 in this make and model, 8,719 as pilot in command, 91 in the last 90 days, 43 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 19; injuries: none; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 340° at 11 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 21 °F - Altimeter: 30.09 inHg - Observed at: KMWH, 9 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 20020128002149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020128002149A), Jan 28, 2002: Beech B19, Moses Lake, WA, No damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] ## Other investigations on N23849 (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB MKC79DER36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER36), May 18, 1979: Beech B19 (N23849), Detroit Lakes, MN, substantial damage ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 26, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54259. 405 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 240 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40381862&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Instructor and Student Pilot's Statements (item 2, .PDF, 124 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40381863&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Instructor%20and%20Student%20Pilot%27s%20Statements-Redacted.PDF - Report from FAA (item 3, .PDF, 41 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40381864&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Report%20from%20FAA-Redacted.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; 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.