# Accident 20190823012039A: Beech F33A, Hobe Sound, FL, August 23, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2019, 08:45 local time
- Place: Hobe Sound, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0328° N, 80.1114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0328&lon=-80.1114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80WH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80WH-2020-04-02) (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 550 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190823012039A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP IN THE NORTH  BOUND LANES OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND CAME TO REST POINTING SOUTH EAST. EXAMINATION OF THE ROAD WAY REVEALED GROUND SCARES ON THE SOUTH BOUND LANES PROGRESSING THROUGH THE GRASS CENTER MEDIAN AND CONTINUING ACROSS THE NORTH BOUND LANE IN A SOUTHEAST DIRECTION AND ENDING AT THE LOCATION WERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. DEBRIS FOUND ON THE GRASS MEDIAN INCLUDED A NOSE GEAR DOOR AND A WASTE TUBE. THERE WERE THREE SOULS ON BOARD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

PILOT STATED HE HAD TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD FOR A SIGHTSEEING TOUR. HE DEPARTED WITHAM FIELD AIRPORT (KSUA) SOUTH ALONG THE BEACH AT 900 AGL. HE TURNED NORTH AT 1200 AGL. AND AT THAT POINT HE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND THE ENGINE QUIT. HE TURNED RIGHT AND WAS ABLE TO GO UNDER THE POWER LINES THAT RUN PARALLEL TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY GOING EAST. HE MADE A PARTIAL RIGHT TURN BEFORE HE CONTACTED THE ROADWAY.  HE STATED THAT INTENTIONALLY LANDED GEAR UP TO REDUCE THE LANDING DISTANCE AND HE PARTIALLY PUT THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND AVOID GOING INTO THE WOODS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE BY REPRESENTATIVE FOR CONTINENTAL MOTORS REVEALED A FRACTURE OF THE CRANKSHAFT.

SDR  SUBMITTED #2019FA0000314

## 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 ERA19LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA258), Aug 23, 2019: Beech F33 (N80WH), Hobe Sound, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A bearing shift, which resulted in a loss of lubrication to the crankshaft, the failure of the crankshaft, and a total loss of engine power.

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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