# Accident 20100927048559A: Beech F33A, Phoenix, AZ, September 27, 2010 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 27, 2010, 10:58 local time - Place: Phoenix, AZ - Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.6897° N, 112.0942° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6897&lon=-112.0942&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1600W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1600W-2011-01-06) (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 MOTOR IO-520 BA - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,098 total, 647 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA473](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA473) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100927048559A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:58 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME A BEECHCRAFT, BE-33-F33A, N1600W, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 07 LEFT (DVT) WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING LOCATED AT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PHOENIX AZ. ACCORDING TO THE FAA DATA BASE, THE AIRCRAFT (N1600W) WAS REGISTERED TO A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS KILLED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE, AND EMPENNAGE AND PORTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT EXHIBITED EXTREME FIRE DAMAGE. THE PILOT'S FAMILY MEMBERS REPORTED HE TRIED TO FLY WEEKLY TO MAINTAIN PROFICIENCY. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED DEER VALLEY AIRPORT AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.A REVIEW OF RECORDED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) (DVT) TRANSMISSIONS REVEALED THE PILOT REPORTED INBOUND FROM SKY RANCH AT 4,000 FEET WITH INFORMATION ZULU FOR LANDING. HE WAS CLEARED INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A LEFT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 07L. THERE WERE SEVERAL PLANES AHEAD OF HIM, AND HE REQUESTED THE ATCT TO CALL HIS BASE TURN FOR HIM. AFTER HIS TRAFFIC CALLED A 3 MILE FINAL, THE ATCT ADVISED HIM TO TURN BASE AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED. WHILE ON FINAL, THE ATCT ADVISED THE PILOT THAT HE APPEARED TO BE LOW. HE RESPONDED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE DIFFICULTIES, AND WOULD TRY TO MAKE THE RUNWAY.VIDEO SURVEILLANCE WAS OBTAINED FROM THE (KDVT) AIRPORT PERIMETER CAMERA LOCATED ON THE NORTH GATE ENTRANCE. THIS VIDEO REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT (N1600W) FLYING RELATIVE LOW COMPARATIVE TO OTHER AIRCRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH TO 07 LEFT. THE VIDEO ALSO REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED TO THE LEFT PRIOR TO LEAVING THE CAMERAS FIELD OF VIEW. A PLUME OF SMOKE WAS EVIDENT ON THE VIDEO. A LOCALLY EMPLOYED CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITNESS LOCATED AT THE B9 TAXI WAY AFTER LANDING (KDVT) 07L SAW THE AIRCRAFT (N1600W) ON SHORT FINAL AND NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WINGS ROCKING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, THEN THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AND SUDDENLY PITCH DOWN TO BE FOLLOWED BY A PILLAR OF SMOKE.A SECOND LOCALLY EMPLOYED CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITNESS HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 07R AT C2 (KDVT) AIRPORT STATED HE NOTICED THE BEECHCRAFT BONANZA ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY 07L (KDVT). THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THE BONANZA WAS UNUSUALLY LOW AND IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WINGS WERE VISIBLY ROCKING AND APPEARED TO BE VERY UNSTABLE. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE BUILDING LOCATED ON THE NW CORNER OF (KDVT) AIRPORT. THE WITNESS STATED, JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFTS (N1600W) NOSE PITCHED UP NOTICEABLY HIGH AS THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE BUILDING. ADDITIONAL WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS VERY LOW, AND THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING AND BACKFIRING.THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INSIDE AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING LOBBY. THE CUSTOMER ENTRANCE WAS ENCLOSED IN FLOOR-TO-CEILING WINDOWS ON ITS TWO EXTERIOR WALLS. THE GLASS WAS SHATTERED, AND DEBRIS FROM THE WINDOWS AND CEILING WERE ON TOP OF THE WRECKAGE. CHARRING WAS OBSERVED ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE AIRFRAME AND INSIDE THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING FACED TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST. THE FUSELAGE, ONE PROPELLER BLADE, EMPENNAGE, MOST OF THE RIGHT WING, MOST OF THE LEFT WING WITH THE AILERON ATTACHED, AND LANDING GEAR WERE CONTAINED WITHIN THE OFFICE SPACE. THE ENGINE WITH TWO PROPELLER BLADES ATTACHED, WHICH WERE DISPLACED FROM THE AIRFRAME, WENT THROUGH A STEEL DOOR AND FRAME AND INTO A SECOND ROOM. THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER REMAINED CONNECTED VIA THE ENGINE DRIVEN ALTERNATOR POWER WIRE. ALL FOUR ENGINE MOUNTS WERE FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME. THE ENGINE DID NOT DISPLAY EVIDENCE OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB WPR10FA473](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA473), Sep 27, 2010: Hawker Beechcraft F33 (N1600W), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during approach for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. 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