# NTSB MIA82DA073: Beech F33A, N17818, West Palm Beach, FL, March 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1982, 19:02 local (Mar 13, 1982, 00:02 UTC)
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Coordinates: 26.660429, -80.089736 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6604&lon=-80.0897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73008
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73008/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17818), registered now, S/N CE-710, built 1977 (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: CE710
- Airframe hours: 1070
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820312003929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820312003929A), Mar 12, 1982: Beech F33A, West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot claims nose wheel vibration at touchdown and he attempted to hold it off. Nose wheel collapsed.

## Other investigations on N17818 (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC92LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA125), Jun 13, 1992: Beech 33A (N17818), Farmingdale, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN COLLAPSING OF THE NOSE GEAR. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS GUSTING CROSS WINDS.

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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