- Date
- May 12, 1984, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tarentum, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4463SBeech Bonanza F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840512018679A
- Case key
- 35559
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt made lndg apch to rwy 02 at 95 mph, flaps one-third down and rt wing down for wind compensation. Plt stated winds were at 090 deg. At 30 ft above the rwy the acft encountered a sudden gust of wind from 270 deg. The acft drifted to thert side of the rwy over a grass area where the rt wing contacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4463S
- Reported as
- Beech Bonanza F33A (BONANZA F3)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-580
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George F. Edmonston
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1984
- Departed
- BTP · Butler, PA
- Destination
- 9G1 · Tarentum, PA
- Airport
- 9G1 · West Penn, runway 2, 2,650 × 40 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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 1,924 total · 828 in this make and model · 1,707 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.