# Accident 20050916022739A: Beech F33A, Emerson, NE, September 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2005, 12:20 local time
- Place: Emerson, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3228° N, 96.6811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3228&lon=-96.6811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8225F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050916022739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM OFK TO SUX AT 3000 FEET MSL, THE PILOT WAS SWITCHING FUEL TANKS WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT TRIED TO TURN THE FUEL BOOST PUMP ON BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY PRESSURE. THE PILOT THEN STARTED LOOKING FOR SOMEPLACE TO LAND. WHILE DESCENDING, THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE AN ALFALFA FIELD. HE TURNED DOWNWIND AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A HILL OF ALFALFA. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT THE TOP OF THE FIELD THEN BECAME AIRBORNE TOUCHING DOWN ON THE UPHILL TRAVELING 345 FEET BEFORE IMPACTING A DIRT BERM AND A FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME BRIEFLY AIRBORNE BEFORE COMING TO REST 111 FEET INTO A CORNFIELD. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO THE DRAG LINK BREAKING DURING IMPACT OF THE DIRT BERM, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK BROKE CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE, THE LEFT WING IS DAMAGED FROM THE WING ROOT TO THE WING TIP AND BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT LEADING EDGES DAMAGED. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 CHI05CA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA269), Sep 16, 2005: Beech F33A (N8225F), Emerson, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the pilot's failure to verify the fuel selector position which resulted in fuel starvation. Factors were the low altitude, the crops and the fence.

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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