# Incident 19990801023729I: Beech F33A, Falls City, NE, August 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1999, 22:35 local time
- Place: Falls City, NE
- Airport: Brenner Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0788° N, 95.5920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRENNER FLD (FNB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0788&lon=-95.5920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3077H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3077H) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 11 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990801023729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KANSAS CITY, MO (MKC).  10 MINUTES OUT PILOT REPORTED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS.  PILOT CLAIMS TO HAVE LOWERED LANDING GEAR BUT HAD NO LIGHTS SO HE PLACED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR MANUALLY BUT COULD NOT MOVE MANUAL CRANK.  RESULTS WERE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT FALLS CITY, NE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS 3 PASSENGERS.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED NO DISCRIPANCIES WITH THE LANDING GEAR OR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N3077H (1)

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

- [Accident 20040321004749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321004749A), Mar 21, 2004: Beech F33A (N3077H), Wahoo, NE, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft landed and bounced, then landed on its nose gear, collapsing it. Hard landing.

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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