# Incident 20160804013149I: Beech F33A, East Hampton, NY, August 4, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2016, 10:14 local time
- Place: East Hampton, NY
- Airport: East Hampton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9515° N, 72.1961° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Hampton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9515&lon=-72.1961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47TJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47TJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,280 total, 1,236 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160804013149I

## Narrative

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

INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE INVESTIGATED A GEAR UP LANDING AT KHTO INVOLVING N47TJ. PILOT IN COMMAND AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. INSPECTORS INTERVIEWED THE PIC AND MADE VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY 28. THE PIC STATED HE HAD PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND OBSERVED 3 GREEN LIGHT INDICATIONS. UPON LANDING THE PIC DISCOVERED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. PIC WAS QUERIED AS TO WHETHER HE CONFIRMED THE GEAR HAD EXTENDED. THE PIC REPLIED THAT HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT HAD MIRRORS ON THE TIP TANKS TO AID IN VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF THE GEAR'S POSITION. THE PIC DID NOT CONFIRM THE GEARS POSITION IN THE TIP TANK MIRRIORS.

## Other reports on N47TJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20061210025199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061210025199I), Dec 10, 2006: Beech F33A (N47TJ), Saratoga Spring, NY, Minor damage. (-23) On December 10, 2006, Beech bonanza N47TJ, BE33, was VFR enroute to Saratoga springs, NY. The pilot reported alternator problems approximately 12 miles…

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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