# Incident 19970811028789I: Beech F33A, Bremerton, WA, August 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1997, 18:05 local time
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Airport: Bremerton National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4902° N, 122.7650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bremerton National Airport (PWT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4902&lon=-122.7650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6054D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6054D) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970811028789I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED HE WAS CONDUCTING THE FINAL PORTION OF A TEST FLIGHT (MONITORING A RECENTLY INSTALLED GAUGE) AT THE END OF A LONG DAY, AND THEN BECAME DISTRACTED BY AN AIRCRAFT IN THE BREMERTON TRAFFIC PATTERN THAT HAD CUT HIM OFF. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO HIS NOT SELECTING THE GEAR DOWN AT THE NORMAL POSITION, AND HE STATED HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO PUT IT DOWN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.

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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