# Incident 20101009050639I: Beech F33A, Gila Bend, AZ, October 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2010, 09:30 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9602° N, 112.6736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILA BEND MUNI (E63), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9602&lon=-112.6736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5582X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5582X) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 6,000 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/20101009050639I

## Narrative

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

10-9-10 AT 0930 MST AIRLINE TRAINING CENTER OF ARIZONA (ATCA) CHECK PILOT INSTRUCT0R MR. VEMULAPALLI  (PIC) AND STUDENT PILOT MR. PREUSSE WERE IN N5582X, A BEECH F-33 AIRCRAFT, AT GILA BEND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (E63) AND LANDED GEAR-UP.   THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT WERE:  FLAPS, STEP, PROP, AND ENGINE.ATCA MECHANIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED TO THE LOCATION AND TOOK 10 PHOTOS OF N5582X.  HE SENT THESE PHOTOS ELECTRONICALLY TO DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO SENT THE PHOTOS VIA EMAIL TO SDL PMI LLK.  THE EMAIL AND PHOTOS WERE DOWNLOADED TO A COMPACT DISK FOR THIS REPORT.  THE PHOTOS DEPICT THE DAMAGE TO N5582X DESCRIBED ABOVE.ATCA ADDRESS IS PHOENIX GOODYEAR AIRPORT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PHONE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 10-9-10 AT 1219 MST WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL OPERATION CENTER (ROC) FAXED TO THE SDL FSDO FAA FORM 8020-9 THAT CAME FROM ALBUQUERQUE CENTER.  THIS FORM INDICATES A SUMMARY OF INCIDENT N5582X AND IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.11-1-10 CONTACTED THE PIC WHO STATED HE WAS GIVING A STAGE CHECK TO MR. PREUSSE AND HE WAS SIMULATING  AN ENGINE OUT MANEUVER.   MR. PREUSSE HAD THE PILOT CONTROLS.  NORMALLY THE GEAR IS LOWERED ON THE BASE LEG BUT DUE TO THE EXTENDED TIME OF FLIGHT TO THE AIRPORT HE BLOCKED OUT THE GEAR HORN AURAL WARNING AT THAT POINT.  THE STUDENT PILOT CONTINUED TO FINAL, FLARED, AND HE HEARD THE SCRAPING OF METAL ON THE RUNWAY. HE TOOK THE CONTROLS, APPLIED POWER, PITCHED THE NOSE UP,  LOWERED THE GEAR, LANDED AGAIN, AND TAXIED TO PARKING.11-2-10 CONTACTED MR. PREUSSE AND HE RELATED ESSENTIALLY THE SAME INFORMATION CONAINED IN THE PIC'S STATEMENT.  HIS PHONE NUMBER IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## Other reports on N5582X (2)

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

- [Incident 19970730028769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970730028769I), Jul 30, 1997: Beech F33A (N5582X), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. Narrative: this incident occured during part 61 student solo cross country flight. The student was originally cleared to land runway 30L at Williams Gateway…
- [Incident 19900416026939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900416026939I), Apr 16, 1990: Beech F33A (N5582X), Buckeye, AZ, Minor damage. Student practicing forced landing at airport. Instructor distracted and allowed student to land gear up.

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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