# Accident 20190720012209A: Beech F33A, Battleground, WA, July 20, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2019, 16:20 local time
- Place: Battleground, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8200° N, 122.5500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8200&lon=-122.5500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N873BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N873BC) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 15,650 total, 900 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190720012209A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WA87 TO PORT TOWNSEND WA FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. ON THE RETURN TRIP PILOT REPORTED HE CHECKED ATIS AT PDX FOR WIND CONDITIONS. VERIFIED WINDS AT WA87 BY OBSERVING WIND SOCK, LANDED TO THE EAST. HE SAID HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, ESTIMATING 40-50 FROM END, THROTTLE WAS REDUCED TO IDLE. DURING THE ROLL OUT, HE NOTICED RPM HAD NOT REDUCED TO IDLE, AND AIRCRAFT WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN. HE ATTEMPTED TO REDUCE RPM WITH THROTTLE WITH NO SUCCESS, USED MIXTURE TO SHUTDOWN ENGINE. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A HANGER DOOR TRACK SUPPORT POLE WITH THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 180 DEGREES AND THE RH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.

SEVERAL WITNESS STATEMENTS FROM RESIDENTS AT THE AIRPORT INDICATE THE WIND CONDITIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN A TAILWIND. ENGINE EXAMINATION SCHEDULED FOR EARLY OCTOBER.

MECHANICAL EXAMINATION RESULTED IN NO SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS.

EXAMINATION OF THE FACTS OF THIS EVENT RESULTED IN SEVERAL LIKELY FACTORS. DISCUSSED THESE FINDINGS AND COUNSELED THE AIRMAN ON HIS ACTIONS THAT LIKELY CONTRIBUTED. THIS EVENT IS CLOSED.

## 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 WPR19LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA200), Jul 20, 2019: Beech 33 (N873BC), Battleground, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the throttle control assembly for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with an obstacle.

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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