# Accident 20051222032781A: Beech F33A, La Verne, CA, December 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2005, 11:30 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3084N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3084N) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,414 total, 1,227 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051222032781A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 22, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM AT THE (POC) BRACKET AIRPORT, LOCATED IN LAVERNE, CALIFORNIA, A BEECHCRAFT, BE-F33A, N3084N, S# CE-1246 WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT POC (BRACKET AIRPORT) ON RUNWAY 26 RIGHT BUT OVERSHOT AND CONTINUED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26 LEFT. A CESSNA CE-172, N738AH, WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND ON FINAL APPROACH TO 26 LEFT AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OVER THE THRESHOLD, WHEN THE BEECHCRAFT CONTACTED THE CESSNA'S LEFT WING WITH ITS LEFT WING TIP, THE CESSNA'S RIGHT WING WITH ITS LEFT LANDING GEAR TIRE AND NOSE TIRE. THE STUDENT PILOT REALIZING THAT ANOTHER PLANE WAS ONTOP OF HIS WINGS CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 26 LEFT. THE STUDENT PILOT AFTER LANDING TAXIED TO THE PARKING AREA, AND UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE TO THE WINGS. THE BEECHCRAFT MADE A GO AROUND AND LANDED SAFELY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX06LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA065), Dec 22, 2005: Beech F33A (N3084N), La Verne, CA, no damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot of the other aircraft to comply with his air traffic control clearance and line up for the proper runway, and his failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout, which…

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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