NTSB MIA82DA073 — 1982-03-12 · WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, United States

Current FAA registration · N17818

Make / Model: BEECH F33A
Year of manufacture: 1977 · 5 years old at event
Seats / Engines: 5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19770324
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A13981

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N17818 Beech F33A None

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_MIA82DA073.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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