NTSB NYC84LA173 — 1984-05-15 · DANBURY, Connecticut, United States

Current FAA registration · N6539R

Make / Model: BEECH B19
Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19740821
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A89B82

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6539R Beech B19 None

Factual narrative

THE PLT STATED WHILE PERFORMING THE LAST LANDING OF THE DAY A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE LEFT WING UP AS THE ACFT WAS BEING FLARED. THE ACFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED BUT WHEN ANOTHER TAXING ACFT WAS VIEWED IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WHICH WAS OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY, THE GO-AROUND WAS ABORTED. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE RWY INTO THE DIRT AND EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THE PLT WAS USING RWY 35 WITH WINDS REPORTED FROM 270 DEG AT 10 KTS GUSTING TO 20 KTS. RWY 26 WAS AVAILABLE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_NYC84LA173.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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