# Incident 20090809048379I: Beech E33A, Morris, MN, August 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2009, 12:45 local time
- Place: Morris, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5859° N, 95.9054° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morris, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5859&lon=-95.9054&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7881R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7881R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E33A (registry code 1151424, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 283 total, 283 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090809048379I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/09/2009 THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS TO PREPARE FOR HIS COMMERCIAL CHECK RIDE. ON THGE FIFTH LANDING THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TURNED FINAL AND LOWERED THE LANDING GFEAR AND FELT INCREASED DRAG AND PROCEEDED WITH A GUMP CHECKLIST.  HE FELT THE PLANE TOUCHDOWN ON WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE PROP STRIKES.  NOTE, FORM WOULD NOT ALLOW COMPLETION OF BLOCK 29 IT WAS SHADED NOT ALLOWING DATA ENTRY INFORMED HELP DESK. INFORMATION IS , YES, NO , YES FOR THE THREE QUESTIONS.

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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