# Accident 19971224039439A: Beech F33A, Lancaster, PA, December 24, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1997, 09:55 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0293° N, 76.3294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0293&lon=-76.3294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4133S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4133S-2023-08-07) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971224039439A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 NYC98LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA052), Dec 24, 1997: Beech BE-33A (N4133S), Lancaster, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Passenger control interference which resulted in pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing.

## Other reports on N4133S (1)

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

- [Accident 20220820014849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220820014849A), Aug 20, 2022: Beech F33A (N4133S), Parma, ID, Substantial damage. The 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…

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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