# NTSB MIA05CA114: Beech F33A, N16CT, Cedar key, FL, May 28, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 28, 2005, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Cedar key, FL
- Coordinates: 29.136943, -83.048332
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1369&lon=-83.0483&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Tampa, Florida
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61618
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05CA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61618/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA114

## Probable cause

The pilots improper landing flare/touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing, and damage to the airplane.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll

## Analysis

The pilot stated everything seemed normal on final approach, and it felt like he was going to touchdown very close to the approach end of the runway, so he added power.  He said at best he can remember, the airplane was about 8 to 12 feet above the runway, and does not know if  the winds at the water's edge caused him to make a hard landing are not.  He said he landed hard on the nose,  the nose gear collapsed, and the airplane skidded to a stop.

## Factual narrative

On May 28, 2005 about 1400 eastern daylight Time, a Beech BE- 33-F33, N16CT, registered to are operated by a private individual as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, made a hard landing at Cedar Key, Florida.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed.  The private rated pilot, and one passenger, were not injured, and the airplane incurred substantial damage.  The flight originated in Panama City, Florida, the same day, about 1100.

The pilot stated that as he approached to land at Cedar Key Florida.  He made a pass over the airport to check the wind, and determined that the wind favored runway 23, so he entered the airport traffic pattern and prepared to land. He said everything seemed normal on final approach, and it felt like he was going to touchdown very close the approach end of the runway, so he added power.  He said as best he can remember, the airplane was about 8 to 12 feet above the runway ,and does not know if  the winds at the water's edge caused him to make a hard landing are not.  He said he landed hard on the nose,  the nose gear collapsed, and the airplane skidded to a stop.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N16CT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16CT), registered now, S/N CE-843 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech F33A
- Registry model: [Beech F33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (registry code 1151425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BE843
- Airframe hours: 2900
- Engines: Continental IO-520-BB 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph Louis Miller
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 2004, 80 hours before
- Departed: PFN, Panama City, FL
- Destination: CDK, Cedar key, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; last flight review May 1, 2003; seat: left; flight hours: 800 total, 100 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.92 inHg
- Observed at: CTY

## 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 20050528011259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050528011259A), May 28, 2005: Beech F33A, Cedar Key, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 28, 2005, at approximately 1155 EDT, a Beechcraft F33A bonanza, registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] suffered a nose gear collapse due…

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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