# NTSB SEA91LA151: Beech C33A, N12EM, Brookings, OR, July 2, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 2, 1991, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Brookings, OR
- Coordinates: 42.130119, -124.240432 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1301&lon=-124.2404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 4, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41466
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA91LA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41466/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA151

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE FOR TOUCHDOWN, AND HER IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

## Analysis

DURING A LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRPLANE THEN SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET AND CAME TO REST ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12EM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12EM), registered now, S/N CE-91, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C33A
- Registry model: [Beech 35-C33A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33a) (registry code 1151410) (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-91
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-B 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Barbara J. Jones
- Registered owner: Barbara J. Jones
- Departed: MFR, MEDFORD, OR
- Airport: BOK, Brookings State, runway 3, 2,600 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 140 total, 54 in this make and model, 56 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19910702052619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910702052619A), Jul 2, 1991: Beech 35C33A, Brookings, OR, Substantial damage. Came in fast. Bounced and came down hard on nose collapsing nose gear.

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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