# Accident 20060201003999A: Beech F33A, Buckeye, AZ, February 1, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2006, 15:05 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2683° N, 112.5908° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2683&lon=-112.5908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1563A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1563A-2008-02-26) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060201003999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HER 6TH SOLO FLIGHT, 45 HOURS TOTAL FLIGHT TIME. AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 LOCAL TIME SHE DEPARTED BXK SOUTHBOUND ENROUTE TO A PRACTICE AREA. ATC RADAR DEPICTS THE AIRCRAFT AT CRUISE FLIGHT 4400 FOOT MSL AND 140 KNOTS. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A DESCENT WITH INCREASING SPEED. A US AIRFORCE F-16 CROSSED IN FRONT OF N1563A AT 360 KNOTS AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FOOT ABOVE AND .15 DISTANCE. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND IMPACTED THE GROUND RIGHT WING FIRST IN A 90 DEGREE BANK APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREE NOSE LOW HEADING 150 DEGREES MAGNETIC. NO TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THERE WAS NO FIRE.

## 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 LAX06FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA099), Feb 1, 2006: Beechcraft F33A (N1563A), Buckeye, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control for undetermined reasons.

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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