# Accident 20070906022729A: Beech F33A, La Verne, CA, September 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2007, 19:26 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7298R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7298R) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070906022729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26L AT BRACKETT AIRPORT (POC). ACCORDING TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER PERSONNEL THE AIRCRAFT LANDED "LONG AND HOT", PORPOISED 3 OR 4 TIMES COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRMAN'S ACCOUNT OF THE ACCIDENT FOR THE MOST PART CONFIRMS THE TOWER PERSONNEL'S NARRATIVE OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET EAST OF TAXIWAY FOXTROT. REGULATORY CHECK RIDE WAS FAR 61.56 FLIGHT REVIEW CONDUCTED ON APRIL 31, 2007.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N7298R (2)

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

- [Incident 19841129071169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841129071169I), Nov 29, 1984: Beech F33A (N7298R), Mena, AR, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower gear for landing.
- [Incident 19830518029049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830518029049I), May 18, 1983: Beech F33A (N7298R), Grand Prairie, TX, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot stated he forgot to put the gear down.

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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