# Incident 19961218042549I: Beech F33A, Ellaville, GA, December 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1996, 10:40 local time
- Place: Ellaville, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2377° N, 84.3091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellaville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2377&lon=-84.3091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1874L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1874L) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961218042549I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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