# NTSB IAD05LA109: Beech BE-35-C33A, N3YP, East Hampton, NY, July 2, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 2, 2005, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: East Hampton, NY
- Coordinates: 40.959445, -72.251663
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9594&lon=-72.2517&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62057
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD05LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62057/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA109

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in the airplane touching down short of the landing surface.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

During the approach to the runway, the airplane's sink rate increased and the airplane landed a few feet short of the runway, resulting in substantial damage.  When asked how the accident could have been prevented, the pilot stated "better judgment."

## Factual narrative

On July 2, 2005, about 1430 eastern daylight time, a Beech BE-35-C33A, N3YP, was substantially damaged when it landed short of the runway at East Hampton Airport (HTO), East Hampton, New York.  The certificated commercial pilot/owner and passenger were not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, which originated at Meriden Markham Municipal Airport (MMK), Meriden, Connecticut.

According to the pilot, he was aiming to land on the "numbers" for runway 28.  During the short final leg of the approach, the airplane's sink rate increased.  The airplane landed "a few feet" short of the runway.

On July 26, 2005 a Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane and determined that it had sustained substantial damage during the off-runway landing.

The pilot held a commercial pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single engine land, airplane single engine sea, and instrument airplane.  He reported 3,038 total hours of flight experience in single engine airplanes, 1,611 hours of which were in the accident airplane make and model.

The pilot reported no mechanical anomalies associated with the airplane, and when asked how the accident could have been prevented, the pilot stated "better judgment."

The weather reported at East Hampton Airport, at 1550, included winds from 180 degrees at 6 knots, and scattered clouds at 10,000 feet.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3YP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3YP), registered now, S/N CE-32, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-35-C33A
- Registry model: [Beech 35-C33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (registry code 1151410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CE32
- Airframe hours: 2948
- Engines: Continental IO520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 2004, 48 hours before
- Departed: MMK, Meriden, CT
- Destination: HTO, East Hampton, NY
- Airport: HTO, East Hampton Airport, runway 28, 4,255 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2004; seat: left; flight hours: 1,611 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.26 inHg
- Observed at: HTO

## 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 20050702032139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050702032139A), Jul 2, 2005: Beech 35C33A, East Hampton, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) July 21, 2005, during ramp inspection at East Hampton Airport, East Hampton new york (khto) observed N3YP, BE-35, with substantial damage to the right…

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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