# Incident 20150530009809I: Beech F33A, Temple, TX, May 30, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2015, 16:30 local time
- Place: Temple, TX
- Airport: Temple Draughon-Miller
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0982° N, 97.3428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Temple, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0982&lon=-97.3428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1559L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1559L) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150530009809I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON ROUTINE PLEASURE FLIGHT. WHEN HE PREPARED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT KTPL (TEMPLE, TEXAS) PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, ONLY THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR LIGHTS SHOWED DOWN. PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR AGAIN AND HAD SAME RESULTS. PILOT CONTACTED THE AIRPORT TERMINAL AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT THE GEAR AS PILOT FLEW OVER TERMINAL.PERSONS ON THE GROUND INDICATED TO PILOT GEAR LOOKED DOWN.

PILOT ELECTED TO FLY OVER VOR AND TRY TO EXTEND GEAR. THIS TIME GEAR INDICATOR WENT INTO THE IN TRANSIT POSITION AND WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT. PILOT THEN PULLED GEAR CURCUIT BREAKER AND TRIED TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR. PILOT THEN FLEW OVER TERMINAL ONCE MORE. PERSONS ON GROUND ADVISED PILOT GEAR LOOKED DOWN. PILOT DID NOT HAVE ANY INDICATION GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND, WHEN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY FOLDED AND AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES, THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. TO DATE IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AS TO WHY THE GEAR COLLAPSED. OWNER IS IN PROCESS OF SELLING THE AIRCRAFT AND ONCE THE NEW OWNER HAS THE AIRCRAFT TROUBLESHOT AND FINDS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, HE WILL NOTIFY THIS OFFICE.

## Other reports on N1559L (1)

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

- [Incident 19970415009139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970415009139I), Apr 15, 1997: Beech F33A (N1559L), Ashland/Linvill, AL, Minor damage. Narrative: on April 15, 1997, at 0815 N1559L started the takeoff roll for a flight (VFR) from Linville, AL to birmingham, AL. During takeoff at an estimated…

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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