# Accident 20151012020539A: Beech F33A, Marana, AZ, October 12, 2015 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 12, 2015, 08:00 local time - Place: Marana, AZ - Airport: Marana Regional - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141) - Operator: VJ3S - Location: 32.4094° N, 111.2183° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4094&lon=-111.2183&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5581T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5581T) (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: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 6,560 total, 2,235 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA013) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151012020539A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRLINE TRAINING CENTER ARIZONA (ATCA) WAS PERFORMING A TRAINING FLIGHT FROM GOODYEAR, AZ (GYR) TO MARANA, AZ (AVQ) WHEN DURING SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 12 THE STUDENT PILOT FLARED TOO HIGH, BUT NOSED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUED THE SHORT FINAL. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN FLARED TOO HIGH A SECOND TIME, BUT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO STALL AND THE LEFT WING DIPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE CFI TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND ADDED POWER, BUT NOT BEFORE THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL MADE CONTACT WITH GRAVEL ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH A BURM JUST BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO CLIMB OUT. THE CFI THEN MADE A GO-AROUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE ATCA REPAIR STATION INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT WING TIP TRAILING EDGE AND THE LEFT AILERON OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE WERE BENT, BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING OR ANY OF THE COMPONENTS ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT AILERON WERE REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AILERON, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CLASIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT BY THE NTSB. ## 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 GAA16CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA013), Oct 12, 2015: Beech F33 (N5581T), Marana, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during the base to final turn resulting in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain during recovery by the flight… ## Other reports on N5581T (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20040814026269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040814026269I), Aug 14, 2004: Beech F33A (N5581T), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On August 14, 2004, N5581T was cleared for a long straight in approach to runway 11R at Tucson airport. The pilot stated that there were other aircraft… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.