- Date
- August 23, 1983, 17:19 local (Aug 24, 1983, 00:19 UTC)
- Place
- San Carlos, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3737LBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830823045379A
- Case key
- 23832
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3737L
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE929
- Airframe hours
- 306
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Coit Drapery Cleaners, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- PAO · Palo Alto, CA
- Airport
- SQL · San Carlos, runway 30, 2,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 412 total · 40 in this make and model · 115 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SQL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.