# Incident 20020831027109I: Beech F33A, Houston, TX, August 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2002, 13:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: West Houston-Lakeside Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11BX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11BX) (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 IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020831027109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED TO ATC THAT THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN ON FINAL APPROACH. AIRCRAFT HAD HARD LANDING BREAKING THE NOSE WHEEL FROM THE NOSE STRUT. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. LIGHT DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF. POST EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AN FAA MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR REVEALED NO APPARENT ANOMALIES WITH THE THROTTLE OR THROTTLE CABLE.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.