N3214L – BEECH B19 – 2009-05-21 NTSB Accident Report

On May 21, 2009, a Beech B19 (N3214L) was involved in an incident near Winsted, MN. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The student pilot's improper flare during the soft-field landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision during the landing.

During the third practice soft field landing of the instructional flight, the student pilot flared the airplane and it entered a "full stall" at 5 to 7 feet above the grass runway. The airplane touched down and the flight instructor pulled back on the yoke in an attempt to recover the landing. The nose landing gear then struck the terrain and separated. Examination of the airplane revealed the firewall and the top of the left wing were wrinkled resulting in substantial damage to the airplane. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The flight instructor did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane.

This incident is documented in NTSB report CEN09CA320. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N3214L.