# Incident 20060313003759I: Beech F33A, Houston, TX, March 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2006, 13:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- 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: N3737L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3737L) (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: 2,750 total, 2,650 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060313003759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MONDAY 3-13-2006 AT ABOUT 1330 AIRCRAFT N3737L WAS DOWNWIND LANDING ON RUNWAY 35L AT DAVID WAYNE HOOKS (DWH) AIRPORT. ON APPROACH TO 35L PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, GEAR WOULD NOT GO DOWN AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN (THREE GREEN LIGHTS). THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED OUT. PILOT NOTIFIED DWH TOWER OF THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM AND WAS CLEARED TO GO WEST OF DWH TO TRY TO CLEAR PROBLEM. AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS PILOT WENT BACK TO DWH AND GOT PERMISSION TO LAND ON GRASS SOUTH OF 35L. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR.

## Other reports on N3737L (1)

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

- [Accident 19830823045379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830823045379A), Aug 23, 1983: Beech F33A (N3737L), San Carlos, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced and came down hard on the nosewheel on landing. Impact collapsed the nose gear.

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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