# NTSB CHI04CA093: Beech F33A, N3077H, Wahoo, NE, March 21, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 21, 2004, 15:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place: Wahoo, NE
- Coordinates: 41.24139, -96.594169
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2414&lon=-96.5942&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Lincoln, Nebraska-FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59069
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04CA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59069/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA093

## Probable cause

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.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

The airplane was damaged during landing when the nose landing gear collapsed.  A witness reported seeing the airplane land hard and subsequently bounce several times prior to the collapse of the nose landing gear.  No pre-impact anomalies were found.

## Factual narrative

On March 21, 2004, about 1505 centrqal standard time, a Beech F33A, N3077H, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when the nose landing gear collapsed during landing on runway 02 (4,1010 feet by 75 feet, concrete), at the Wahoo Municipal Airport, Wahoo, Nebraska.  The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan.  The pilot was not injured.  The local flight originated about 1430.

A witness stated that he saw the airplane make a "very hard landing at the Wahoo airport."  The witness further stated that the airplane bounced several times into the air and that the nose landing gear collapsed.

A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no pre-impact anomalies.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3077H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3077H), registered now, S/N CE-1154, built 1987 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech F33A
- Registry model: [Beech F33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (registry code 1151425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CE-1154
- Engines: Continental IO-520 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: AHQ, Wahoo, NE
- Destination: AHQ, Wahoo, NE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 460 total, 450 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 12 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter: 30.56 inHg
- Observed at: OMA

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20040321004749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321004749A), Mar 21, 2004: Beech F33A, Wahoo, NE, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft landed and bounced, then landed on its nose gear, collapsing it. Hard landing.

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.

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