# Accident 19910326007669A: Beech F33A, Atlanta, GA, March 26, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1991, 08:00 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7224L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7224L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,719 total, 700 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL91LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910326007669A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF PAVEMENT GAVE AWAY. WHEEL FELL THRU DEEP HOLE. PAVEMENT UNDERMINED BY BROKEN DRAIN PIPE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 ATL91LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA071), Mar 26, 1991: Beech F33A (N7224L), Chamblee, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE HOLE IN THE AIRPORT TAXIWAY, WHICH WAS CREATED BY THE EROSION OF SOIL BENEATH THE TAXIWAY, AND THE FAILURE OF THE AIRPORT TO INSPECT AND MAINTAIN DITCHES WHICH RUN BENEATH THE RUNWAYS AND…

## Other reports on N7224L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20240110001679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240110001679I), Jan 10, 2024: Beech F33A (N7224L), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. On 01/10/2024 at approximately 17:10 an aircraft attempting to depart Tulsa International Airport (tul) from runway 18R inadvertently ran off the runway. The…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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