# Incident 20060727017419I: Beech F33A, Lexington, NC, July 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2006, 19:50 local time
- Place: Lexington, NC
- Airport: Lexington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7972° N, 80.2742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lexington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7972&lon=-80.2742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6032M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6032M) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 175 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060727017419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ STATED THAT PRIOR TO DECIDING TO LAND AT THE DAVIDSON COUNTY LEXINGTON AIRPORT (EXX), HE HAD NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE INDICATOR WAS READING FULL SCALE HIGH. HE WAS NOT OVERLY CONCERNED HOWEVER LOOKING BACK ADMITS THAT THIS DID POSE AS A DISTRACTION. HE SAID THAT ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24, HE VERIFIED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND INDICATED 3 GREEN. ADDITIONALLY HE RECALLS THAT HE AND HIS DAUGHTER RECOGNIZED THE SOUND OF RUSHING AIR AS IS EVIDENCED WHEN THE LANDING GEAR IS EXTENDED. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE WARNING HORN SOUNDED AND THEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 24 APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET BEFORE COMING TO REST. DURING INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THAT THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, TIRES, AND BRAKE CALIPERS SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH A COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR. THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR DOORS, BELLY SKIN, EXHAUST PIPES, AND INBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAPS WERE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF IMPACT AND SLIDING.

## Other reports on N6032M (1)

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

- [Incident 19790818031999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790818031999I), Aug 18, 1979: Beech 3533 (N6032M), Macon, GA, Minor damage. Students aircraft bounced on landing. Touched down on nose wheel breaking it off at scissor.

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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