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Accident · Substantial damage
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FAA accident report · Beech F33A · Lancaster, PA · December 24, 1997

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Date
December 24, 1997 · 09:55 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4133S
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC98LA052
Reported as
Beech F33A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
N4133SRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2023 · Beech F33AS/N CE-591 · Built 1975Airframe modelBeech F33AEngine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Passenger pilot thot hard landing eminent. Yanked yoke aft. Stalled fell to left wing nose hit. Folded right gear. (.4)during the landing flare the stall warning horn activated. The pilot added a small of power and lowered the nose slightly when the passenger in the right seat grabbed the controls and over powered her. The airplane pitched up, went wing over to the left and impacted the runway. (-23) normal VMC approach to runway 8 in progress until approximately two feet above the runway. The sole passenger in right front seat (also a rated pilot, with an expired medical) determined that a hard landing was imminent. The passenger seized the controls and placed the aircraft into an extreme nose high attitude. This action caused the aircraft to enter a stall and then fall off to the left. The left wing struck the ground first followed immediately by nose/prop impact. As the aircraft came to rest, the right gear collapsed and the aircraft slid to a stop on the surface of an intersecting runway (runway 31). Both pilot and passenger exited the aircraft unassisted. Both were transported to a local hospital for injury evaluation. Pi lot sustained minor injury (sprain) to the right wrist. Passenger was not injured. Pilot stated that there were no aircraft mechanical difficulties noted prior to the passenger seizing the controls.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER PILOT THOT HARD LANDING EMINENT. YANKED YOKE AFT. STALLED FELL TO LEFT WING NOSE HIT. FOLDED RIGHT GEAR. (.4)DURING THE LANDING FLARE THE STALL WARNING HORN ACTIVATED. THE PILOT ADDED A SMALL OF POWER AND LOWERED THE NOSE SLIGHTLY WHEN THE PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT GRABBED THE CONTROLS AND OVER POWERED HER. THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP, WENT WING OVER TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. (-23) NORMAL VMC APPROACH TO RUNWAY 8 IN PROGRESS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE SOLE PASSENGER IN RIGHT FRONT SEAT (ALSO A RATED PILOT, WITH AN EXPIRED MEDICAL) DETERMINED THAT A HARD LANDING WAS IMMINENT. THE PASSENGER SEIZED THE CONTROLS AND PLACED THE AIRCRAFT INTO AN EXTREME NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ENTER A STALL AND THEN FALL OFF TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND FIRST FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY NOSE/PROP IMPACT. AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE SURFACE OF AN INTERSECTING RUNWAY (RUNWAY 31). BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNASSISTED. BOTH WERE TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR INJURY EVALUATION. PI LOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY (SPRAIN) TO THE RIGHT WRIST. PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO AIRCRAFT MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES NOTED PRIOR TO THE PASSENGER SEIZING THE CONTROLS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB NYC98LA052Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLancaster, PAPassenger control interference which resulted in pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing.Dec 24, 1997 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N4133S · 1

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

Accident 20220820014849ACruise/Level Flight · Parma, IDThe aircraft was found oriented to the north in a field. It appears to have come in from the west and slid approximately 230 feet from the initial point of impact. The propeller does not appear to have been under power at the moment of impact. The left wing…Aug 20, 2022 · Substantial damage