# Incident 20070503008449I: Beech F33A, Huntington, IN, May 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2007, 11:20 local time
- Place: Huntington, IN
- Airport: Huntington Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8529° N, 85.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTINGTON MUNI (HHG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8529&lon=-85.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206GP) (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 IO520B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 148 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070503008449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 AM FROM HHG WITH 1 PASSENGER FOR MAINTENANCE CHECK OF RNAV SYSTEM. PILOT STATED HE MANEUVERED AIRCRAFT INTO A NORMAL APPROACH PATTERN TO AIRPORT HOWEVER ENCOUNTERED TRAFFIC. ACCORDING TO PILOT, THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS ALSO ON APPROACH AT NEAR DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY 3-4 MILES OUT. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT, A PIPER SENECA ELECTED TO SECEDE FROM THE PATTERN AND ANNOUNCED TO CIRCLE 360 DEGREES FROM CURRENT POSITION. SUBJECT AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO AIRPORT AND LANDED AT HHG WITH GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND LEFT AND RIGHT FLAPS WERE DAMAGED. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR FROM STRIKE. INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE SUSPECTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR COLLATERAL DAMAGES REPORTED.

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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