# Incident 19960605018589I: Beech F33A, Tucson, AZ, June 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1996, 19:00 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3172P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3172P-2014-10-27) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,101 total, 1,092 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960605018589I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 5, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 MST, MR. THOMAS HOOVER, WAS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF BEECH F33A, N3172P, WHEN, DURING ENGINE FAILURE SIMULATION IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT RYAN FIELD, TUCSON, ARIZONA THE LANDING GEAR WAS LEFT UP AND THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND BELLY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH ONLY THE INSTRUCTOR AND ONE STUDENT ON BOARD. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3172P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20010815020559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010815020559A), Aug 15, 2001: Beech F33A (N3172P), Mobile, AZ, No damage. (-23) During low alt. Maneuvers, a stall ocurred and the aircraft crashed & burnt at the base of a hill. (.19) on August 15, 2001, about 0700 hours mountain…

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.

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