# Incident 20180525005939I: Beech F33A, Tulsa, OK, May 25, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2018, 18:43 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Jones Riverside
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89ZM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89ZM) (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: 2,250 total, 1,950 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180525005939I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COMPLETED A NORMAL SEQUENCE, INCLUDING VERIFYING THREE GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE MAINS TOUCHED FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR, AT THIS POINT THE PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY EVIDENT THAT THE NOSE GEAR WASN'T HOLDING AS USUAL. HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED FULL AFT ON THE ELEVATOR TO HOLD THE NOSE OFF FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING: BENT AND SCARED PROPELLER BLADES, SCRAPE DAMAGE TO BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS, SCRAPE DAMAGE OF THE LOWER NOSE BOWL SKIN AND BENT NOSE GEAR PUSH /PULL ACTUATOR ROD.

THE MECHANICS THAT REPAIRED THE GEAR HAD REPORTED A 3/16 INCH BOLT THAT ATTACHED THE ACTUATOR BRACKET TO THE UPPER DRAG LINK HAD FAILED, BUT COULD NOT SUBSTANTIATE IF IT WAS THE RESULT OF THE GEAR COLLAPSE OR A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. NO POSITIVE FINDING COULD BE VALIDATED DUE TO THE RESULTANT DAMAGE.

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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