# Incident 19971209043019I: Beech F33A, Arlington, TX, December 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1997, 15:45 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6639° N, 97.0943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (GKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6639&lon=-97.0943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6376S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6376S) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971209043019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON RUNWAY 35 AT F54 WITH RECORDED WINDS OF 250-260 DEGREES AT 32-40 KTS. (PILOT REPORTED WINDS AS 280 DEGREES AT 29-45 KTS.) AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN BUT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. DURING ATTEMPTED GO AROUND FROM THE REJECTED LANDING, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WING TIP. AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED IN CROSSWIND CONDITIONS WHICH EXCEEDED THE DEMONSTRATED CAPABILITY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6376S (2)

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

- [Accident 20250516007739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250516007739A), May 16, 2025: Beech F33A (N6376S), Houston, TX, Destroyed. The pilot stated the aircraft just came out of an annual inspection and had not flown since about February. The pilot performed all the ground run checks with…
- [Accident 19791008027059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791008027059A), Oct 8, 1979: Beech F33A (N6376S), Perry, FL, Substantial damage. Student leveled off too high. Instructor failed to make timely recovery. Wing hit 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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