# Incident 20021016031429I: Beech F33A, Arlington, TX, October 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2002, 15:15 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N3991A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3991A) (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: 6,100 total, 2,300 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/20021016031429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 16, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:15 PM LOCAL TIME, N3991A, A BEECHCRAFT F33A, EXPERIENCED A PILOT INDUCED GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAXIING CLEAR OF RUNWAY 16 AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GKY), ARLINGTON, TEXAS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED DURING A RADIO CONVERSATION WITH A HELICOPTER THAT WAS WAITING TO DEPART AND WAS HOVERING ON THE RAMP. THE PILOT HOLDS COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1755642, WITH SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND SEA, AND MULTIENGINE INSTRUMENT RATINGS. HE HAS APPROXIMATELY 6100 HOURS OF TOTAL FIGHT TIME.

## Other reports on N3991A (1)

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

- [Incident 19891008052659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891008052659I), Oct 8, 1989: Beech F33A (N3991A), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Pilot retracted the landing gear instead of the flaps on rollout.

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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