# NTSB NYC84LA174: Beech Bonanza F33A, N4463S, Tarentum, PA, May 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1984, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Tarentum, PA
- Coordinates: 40.599491, -79.7593 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5995&lon=-79.7593&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35559
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35559/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA174

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4463S), registered now, S/N CE-580, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BONANZA F33A (BONANZA F3)
- Registry model: [Beech F33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (registry code 1151425) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CE-580
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840512018679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840512018679A), May 12, 1984: Beech F33A, Tarentum, PA, Substantial damage. Dragged a wing during a sudden gust of wind after drifting left of runway center. Impact ground looped aircraft.

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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