# Incident 20160905017539I: Beech F33A, Nantucket, MA, September 5, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2016, 08:41 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6657Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6657Z) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 256 total, 138 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160905017539I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON TAKE OFF FROM KACK (NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT)  THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY, THEN THE RIGHT WING DIPPED AND A METAL SCRAPPING NOISE WAS HEARD.  KACK TOWER REPORT THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS STILL DOWN.  THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR, THE DOOR REMAINED DOWN. THE GEAR, HOWEVER, DID INDICATE ALL THREE GEAR WERE IN THE UP AND LOCKED POSITION. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT. WHILE ENROUTE, THE PILOT DECIDED TO REQUEST A LOW PASS AT KFDK TO TRY AND ASCERTAIN IF RIGHT WHEEL APPEARED INTACT. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE RIGHT GEAR DOOR WAS STILL DOWN.  AT THAT POINT THE PILOT WAS CLEARED AND MADE A LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AT KFDK.  UPON TAXIING TO THE FBO A LINE AGENT INFORMED THAT PILOT THAT HE HAD ALSO HAD A PROP STRIKE WHICH THE PILOT ASSUMED HAD OCCURED DURING TAKEOFF.

WINDS MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR AT KACK:  METAR KACK 051253Z 02022G30KT 10SM OVC019 18/16 A3008 RMK AO2 PK WND 02033/1243 RAE04 SLP187 P0000 T01830156

## Other reports on N6657Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19951028038259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951028038259I), Oct 28, 1995: Beech F33A (N6657Z), Leesburg, VA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 10-28-95 a Beech bonanza reg. #N6657Z landed with the gear up. On 10-30-95 I conducted a phone interview with a Mr. Paul t. gernhardt who stated…

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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