# Incident 19970124002899I: Beech F33A, Vero Beach, FL, January 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1997, 18:48 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4552S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,843 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970124002899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 24, 1997, MR. RICHARD A. FARR, PILOT IN COMMAND OF N4552S, A BEECH F33A ON A FLIGHT FROM ORLANDO, FL TO VERO BEACH, FL AT 1846 LOCAL N4552S WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 11R AT VERO BEACH FL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 11R. MR. FARR INDICATED TO THE CONTROL TOWER THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PERSONS ON THE GROUND.

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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