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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Ellaville, GA · December 18, 1996

Date: December 18, 1996 · 10:40 local
Place: Ellaville, GA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1874L
Reported as: Beech F33A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total1,500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N1874LRegistered now · Beech F33AS/N CE-649 · Built 1976 Airframe modelBeech F33A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot canceled IFR and contacted zjx with rough running engine. Pilot advised he could not sustain flight to americus airport and landed in a hay field approx. 8 miles north of americus airport. The plane came to a stop against two trees. The leading edge of both wing tips were crushed about 2 feet from the out board edge. Discovered the engine crankshaft was broken.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT CANCELED IFR AND CONTACTED ZJX WITH ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. PILOT ADVISED HE COULD NOT SUSTAIN FLIGHT TO AMERICUS AIRPORT AND LANDED IN A HAY FIELD APPROX. 8 MILES NORTH OF AMERICUS AIRPORT. THE PLANE CAME TO A STOP AGAINST TWO TREES. THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WING TIPS WERE CRUSHED ABOUT 2 FEET FROM THE OUT BOARD EDGE. DISCOVERED THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT WAS BROKEN.