- Date
- March 12, 1982, 19:02 local (Mar 13, 1982, 00:02 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17818Beech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820312003929A
- Case key
- 73008
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
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 back on the yoke to relieve the pressure on the nose gear, and when he lowered the nose again, the nose gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17818
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE710
- Airframe hours
- 1,070
- Engine
- Continental IO-540, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hgd Aircraft Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hgd Aircraft Inc.
- Departed
- CHS · Charleston, SC
- Destination
- Brooksville, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PBI · Palm Beach International, runway 13, 6,930 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 692 total · 73 in this make and model · 442 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 169 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N17818 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.