# Incident 19951207043909I: Beech F33A, Tucson, AZ, December 7, 1995 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 7, 1995, 13:30 local time - Place: Tucson, AZ - Airport: Tucson International - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5599P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5599P) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH F33A - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,770 total, 203 in this make and model, 121 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951207043909I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NARRATIVE: ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 MST, BEECH F33A, N5599P, HAD ITS LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE DURING THE "GO" PORTION OF TOUCH-AND-GO'S AT TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TUCSON, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ITS BASE AT GOODYEAR, ARIZONA ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER, FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT, WHO WAS NOT FLYING, WAS NOT INJURED, NOR WERE THE TWO STUDENT PILOTS. NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY ON THE GROUND WAS REPORTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT, PRIOR TO THE TOUCHDOWN SEQUENCE, HE PULLED THE SWITCH HANDLE OUT OF THE SAFETY DETENT AND MOVED IT TO THE "DOWN" POSITION. HE VERIFIED THE GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN AND LOCKED AND THERE WERE 3 GREEN LIGHTS ON THE UPPER AND LOWER PANEL. HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY, AND THEN HE POSITIONED THE FLAP LEVER TO THE "UP" POSITION AND SET TRIM FOR TAKEOFF. HE SAID THE FLYING PILOT THEN SET FULL THROTTLE. THEN THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN CAME ON, AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND STEERED THE AIRPLANE OFF THE RUNWAY TO MINIMIZE CHANCE OF FIRE. ALL THREE OCCUPANTS SAFELY EXITED, AND THERE WAS NO FIRE. INCIDENT CLOSED. ## Other reports on N5599P (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20141210023499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141210023499I), Dec 10, 2014: Beech F33A (N5599P), Mobile, AZ, Minor damage. On December 10, 2014, around 12:44 MST, N5599P, Beechcraft bonanza F33A during a go-around initiated by the instructor pilot, the propeller struck the runway… - [Incident 20090619009699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090619009699I), Jun 19, 2009: Beech F33A (N5599P), Wickenburg, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed north las vegas after lunch and while he was enroute to the gyr airport he started feeling some discomfort from stomach cramps. Initially… - [Incident 19950112005149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950112005149I), Jan 12, 1995: Beech F33 (N5599P), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot was assigned to fly a solo cross country as part of a FAR 141 commercial pilot certification course. A full stop landing was made at… From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.