# Incident 20060212003239I: Beech F33A, Redlands, CA, February 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2006, 14:25 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Redlands Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0853° N, 117.1464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDLANDS MUNI (REI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0853&lon=-117.1464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87MT) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,319 total, 788 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060212003239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INTERVIEW OF THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ (PIC) WAS CONDUCTED ON 03-03-06. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THAT HE WAS GETTING HIS AIRCRAFT READY FOR ITS ANNUAL INSPECTION DELIVERY FLIGHT. HE FUELED THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD CONDUCTED A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, RUN-UP AND ALL SYSTEMS WERE NORMAL. ON TAKE OFF ROLL, ALL SYSTEMS WERE NORMAL UNTIL HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND STARTED TO CLIMB, AT THIS POINT IN THE TAKE OFF WHILE STILL OVER THE RUNWAY THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ INDICATED THAT HE HAD SELECTED THE RIGHT TANK WHICH HAD THE HIGHEST FUEL LEVEL.

## Other reports on N87MT (1)

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

- [Incident 19870805062859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870805062859I), Aug 5, 1987: Beech F33A (N87MT), Oceanside, CA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower the landing gear for landing. Landed gear up.

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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