- Date
- November 5, 1983, 16:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place
- Near Avon Park, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5483UBeech BE-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831105074439I
- Case key
- 31025
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Analysis
While in cruise flight the engine failed due to a failure ofthe crankshaft. The crankshaft was not examined to determinewhy it failed. The pilot executed a forced landing to an open field.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,crankshaft - failure,totalCause
Engine assembly,crankshaft - undeterminedFactor
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5483U
- Reported as
- Beech BE-33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CF 169
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lewis H & Wand L. Hammel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983
- Departed
- SAV · Savana, GA
- Destination
- FMY · Ft. Myers, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AVO · Avon Park, runway 9, 3,825 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 2,100 in this make and model · 2,100 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- LAL, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.