# NTSB investigations: Beech F33A: Hard landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB SEA07LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA253.md): Beech F33A · La Verne, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 8, 2007 · N7298R · Substantial damage
  > An improper flare during touchdown and an inadequate bounced landing recovery. Contributing to the accident was an excessive airspeed and an inadvertent porpoise.
- [NTSB NYC06CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA031.md): Beech F33A · Montgomery, NY · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 12, 2005 · N1813W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing short of the runway. Factors included the night lighting conditions, the time-out and reestablishment of the high intensity runway lighting, and the pilot's failure to go around.
- [NTSB MIA05CA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA114.md): Beech F33A · Cedar key, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 28, 2005 · N16CT · Substantial damage
  > The pilots improper landing flare/touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing, and damage to the airplane.
- [NTSB CHI04CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA093.md): Beech F33A · Wahoo, NE · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 21, 2004 · N3077H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from the bounced landing resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear. A factor was the pilot's misjudged landing flare.
- [NTSB CHI02LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA071.md): Beech F33A · Bloomington, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 26, 2002 · N350NW · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a hard contact with the runway. Factors associated with the accident were the improper flare and the crosswind condition.
- [NTSB NYC97LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA082.md): Beech F33A · Mattituck, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1997 · N6733Y · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB FTW95LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA095.md): Beech 33-A · Lago Vista, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 25, 1995 · N55VS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to execute a missed approach at minimums for the non-precision approach and an excessive rate of descent during the circle to land maneuver.
- [NTSB NYC92LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA125.md): Beech 33A · Farmingdale, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 13, 1992 · N17818 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in collapsing of the nose gear. A factor in the accident was gusting cross winds.
- [NTSB LAX91LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA187.md): Beech F33A · Goodyear, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 29, 1991 · N5585Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to ensure that the airplane's landing gear was extended by the passenger who he was allowing fly the airplane. A contributing factor related to the pilot's inadequate supervision of the passenger.
- [NTSB LAX83LA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA406.md): Beech F33A · San Carlos, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1983 · N3737L · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that during the final approach sequence he encountered a gust of wind followed by immediate sinking of the acft, causing the acft to bounce. During the recovery from the bounced landing, the nose gear struck the rwy & collapsed.
- [NTSB MIA82DA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA073.md): Beech F33A · West Palm Beach, FL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 13, 1982 · N17818 · Substantial damage
  > Personnel on duty in the tower observed the aircraft bounce during landing. They stated that the nose gear appeared to collapse on the final touchdown. The pilot stated that he felt a vibration when the nose gear contacted the runway. He stated that pulled…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1151425')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1151425&occurrence=200

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