# Incident 19960728027819I: Beech F33A, Palo Alto, CA, July 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1996, 16:45 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33BV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 627 total, 60 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960728027819I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: BEECH N33BV, OPERATED BY WEST VALLEY FLYING CLUB, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. THE PILOT STATED THE PREFLIGHT AND RUNUP CHECKS WERE NORMAL IN ALL RESPECTS PRIOR TO ACCEPTING A TAKEOFF CLEARANCE FROM PALO ALTO TOWER. HE STATED HE HAD FLAPS FULL DOWN PRIOR TO ACCEPTING A CLEARANCE TO EXPEDITE THE TAKEOFF. HE STATED HE RAISED THE FLAP HANDLE AT THE SAME TIME AS HE BROUGHT THE THROTTLES TO 17" MANIFOLD PRESSURE. HE SAID AT APPROXIMATELY 50 KNOTS INDICATED AIRSPEED, HE FELT THE NOSE PITCH FORWARD, AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE INCIDENT, MR. KUHN SAID HE CANNOT REMEMBER WITH CERTAINTY WHICH HANDLE (FLAP OR LANDING GEAR) HE USED "TO RAISE THE FLAPS." HE SAID HE HAD MADE 10 OR 12 TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS IN THE CE-210 THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND. THE CE-210 GEAR AND FLAP HANDLES ARE PLACED ON THE PANEL IN REVERSE ORDER FROM THE BEECH AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED BY SJC FSDO, AND STATED THAT HE PLANS TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN THE BEECH. NO 8020-11 WAS FILED. THIS COMPLETES THE INVESTIGATION AND THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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