# Incident 20010329004829I: Beech F33A, Tyler, TX, March 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2001, 11:52 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3535° N, 95.4030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TYLER POUNDS RGNL (TYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3535&lon=-95.4030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4416W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4416W-2018-03-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010329004829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS @10 MILES FROM TYLER POUNDS AIRPORT. HE HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR THE LOC RWY 13 APPROACH. HE STATED HE WAS MAKING A RIGHT COURSE CORRECTION TO INTERCEPT THE LOC COURSE. HIS APPROACH PLATES FELL OFF HIS KNEE BOARD INTO THE FLOOR OF THE A/C. AS HE REACHED DOWN WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO PICK THEM UP HE APPLIED A RIGHT ROLL INTO THE A/C. LOOKING UP HE DETERMINED HE WAS IN A RIGHT DESCENDING TURN AND HAD SHOT THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE. HE INITIATED A LEFT CLIMBING TURN FOR CORRECTION. AT THAT TIME HE STATES HIS INSTRUMENTS AND A/C ATTITUDE WERE NOT CORRESPONDING TO HIS BODILY SENSES. HE REPORTED TO GGG APPROACH HE WAS IN A SPIN. AN INTERVIEW REVEALS PILOT THINKS HE MAY HAVE BEEN IN A STEEP SPIRA INSTEAD OF A SPIN. A/C WAS LOST FROM GGG APP RADAR AT @900MSL, REAPPEARING AGAIN @1300 MSL. PILOT BROKE OUT VFR REGAINED CONTROL OF A/C, DID NOT LAND AT TYLER BUT REQUESTED AN IFR FLIGHT BACK TO ADS. DURING THE EVENT, GGG APPROACH RADAR OBSERVED A/C DESCENDING FROM THE ASSIGNED 3000MSL TO 900 MSL BEFORE RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST WITH AIRSPEEDS TRACKED FROM 90 TO 160 TO 60 KTS GRD SPEED.

## Other reports on N4416W (1)

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

- [Incident 20160313003089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160313003089I), Mar 13, 2016: Beech F33A (N4416W), Temple, TX, Minor damage. Pilot departed executive at approximately 10:15 pm; he verified fuel gauges both read over half full during pre-flight. He confirmed fuel levels with visual…

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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