# Incident 20090425008969I: Beech F33A, Goodyear, AZ, April 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2009, 10:08 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Goodyear
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VJ3S
- Location: 33.4233° N, 112.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX GOODYEAR (GYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4233&lon=-112.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8173C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8173C) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090425008969I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON 04-25-2009 AT APPROX 0730 A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND 2 STUDENTS DEPARTED GOODYEAR (GYR).  DURING TAKE-OFF THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED A SLIGHT SHIMMY IN THE NOSE GEAR THAT STOPPED AS THE GEAR WAS RAISED.  THE TOWER NOTIFIED THE INSTRUCTOR THAT HE HAD LOST THE NOSE GEAR STRUT.  THE INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO BURN OFF FUEL AND CONTACT MAINTENANCE.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS FLYING, THE PILOT HAD BOTH STUDENTS MOVE TO THE REAR SEATS AND LOWERED THE GEAR.  DURING FLY BY OF THE TOWER, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS GONE.  THE INSTRUCTOR PERFORMED A SOFT-FIELD LANDING, HOLDING THE NOSE GEAR OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.  HE CUT THE ENGINE AND MOVED THE PROP TO AN INVERTED "Y".  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE NOSE STRUT FOR APPROX 15 FEET AND CAME TO REST WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE PROP OR AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, OTHER THAN SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE UPPER STRUT.  THE NOSE SHIMMY DAMPER HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE ATTACH POINT AS WELL AND WAS BENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENTS.  THE LOWER STRUT, TORQUE LINK ATTACH BOLT AND NUT WERE RECOVERED, BUT NOT THE COTTER PIN.

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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