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N3077H accident description

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Crash location 41.241389°N, 96.594166°W
Nearest city Wahoo, NE
41.171389°N, 96.506409°W
6.6 miles away
Tail number N3077H
Accident date 21 Mar 2004
Aircraft type Beech F33A
Additional details: None

NTSB Factual Report

On March 21, 2004, about 1505 centrqal standard time, a Beech F33A, N3077H, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when the nose landing gear collapsed during landing on runway 02 (4,1010 feet by 75 feet, concrete), at the Wahoo Municipal Airport, Wahoo, Nebraska. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot was not injured. The local flight originated about 1430.

A witness stated that he saw the airplane make a "very hard landing at the Wahoo airport." The witness further stated that the airplane bounced several times into the air and that the nose landing gear collapsed.

A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no pre-impact anomalies.

NTSB Probable Cause

The pilot's improper recovery from the bounced landing resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear. A factor was the pilot's misjudged landing flare.

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