# NTSB SEA08CA130: Beech B19, N9342S, Burns, OR, May 10, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 10, 2008, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Burns, OR
- Coordinates: 43.925277, -118.955558
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9253&lon=-118.9556&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67979
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA08CA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67979/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA130

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control. The shifting wind was a factor.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Wind: sudden wind shift](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034010): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034010/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 114 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034010/cases.md)
- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: crosswind correction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 184 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B19, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B19, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Beech B19, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech B19, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1151215), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot was landing at his destination. While approaching the airport, he listened to the automated weather observation system (AWOS) broadcast and noted shifting wind conditions. He selected a runway based on the most recent wind report and during the flare, the right wing lifted and the airplane went to the left side of the runway. The pilot applied power to abort the landing and the left wing lifted. The airplane dropped onto the runway and slid sideways until coming to rest about 100 feet from the runway. No mechanical anomalies were reported. The airplane sustained structural damage to the wings and the fuselage was wrinkled.

## Factual narrative

The pilot was landing at his destination. While approaching the airport, he listened to the automated weather observation system (AWOS) broadcast and noted shifting wind conditions. He selected a runway based on the most recent wind report and during the flare, the right wing lifted and the airplane went to the left side of the runway. The pilot applied power to abort the landing and the left wing lifted. The airplane dropped onto the runway and slid sideways until coming to rest about 100 feet from the runway. No mechanical anomalies were reported. The airplane sustained structural damage to the wings and the fuselage was wrinkled.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9342S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9342S-2011-06-21), registration cancelled 2011-06-21, S/N MB-776, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech B19
- 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: MB776
- Engines: Textron Lycoming O-320-E3D reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Russell A. Hunt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LGD, La Grande, OR
- Destination: BNO, Burns, OR
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: BNO, Burns, runway 21, 4,600 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 346 total, 339 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: BNO

## 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 20080510833549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510833549A), May 10, 2008: Beech B19, Burns, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) While in the pattern for landing, the AWOS was reporting that the wind had shifted directions 3 or 4 times. The pilot [privacy data omitted] elected to…

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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