# Incident 20070904830359I: Beech F33A, Augusta, ME, September 4, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2007, 09:45 local time
- Place: Augusta, ME
- Airport: Augusta State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3207° N, 69.7973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA STATE (AUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3207&lon=-69.7973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5691E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,776 total, 1,160 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070904830359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 36 AT AUGUSTA AT 920 HRS. PILOT RETRACTED GEAR AND LIGHTS/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. PILOT PUT GEAR DOWN LIGHTS/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. ALL INDICATORS SHOWN GEAR DOWN. PILOT CONFIRMED WITH GROUND PERSONNEL PRIOR TO LANDING. ON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD - NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, LOWER COWLING AND NOSE GEAR ONLY.

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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