# Accident 20210807013479A: Beech F33A, Oxford, CT, August 7, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2021, 10:50 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4114S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4114S) (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: 725 total, 285 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA319) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210807013479A

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY AUGUST 7, 2021 AN ACCIDENT/INCIDENT REPORT WAS GENERATED FOR CIVIL AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION N4114S, A BEECH F33A, SERIAL NUMBER CE-434. THE REPORT STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1050 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, THE AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INBOUND FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT, NY (HPN) TO WATERBURY-OXFORD AIRPORT, CT (OXC) WHEN, AFTER MAKING A SATISFACTORY LANDING ON RUNWAY 18, THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON ROLL OUT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND HIS LONE PASSENGER, STATED TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING HIS AFTER LANDING CHECKLIST, THE LANDING GEAR WAS ACCIDENTALLY RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COMPLETELY COLLAPSED AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STUCK BETWEEN THE GEAR DOORS, WHICH OCCURRED DURING RETRACTION, CAUSING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES AND GEAR DOORS TO DRAG ON THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE UNINJURED.

FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE AIRPORT MANAGER RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. THE AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTER (ARFF) CAPTAIN TOOK PHOTOS OF THE SCENE PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT BEING MOVED THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE FAA INVESTIGATOR IN CHARGE. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND WAS DOCUMENTED IN PHOTOS BY THE ARFF CAPTAIN. OFFICER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FROM THE OXFORD, CT POLICE DEPARTMENT TOOK STATEMENTS AT THE SCENE.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, THE LOWER ENGINE COMPARTMENT, NOSE LANDING GEAR, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND INBOARD OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR, THE LOWER FUSELAGE HAD SKIN BUCKLING

## 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 ERA21LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA319), Aug 7, 2021: Beech F33A (N4114S), Oxford, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent operation of the landing handle during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose gear retraction and subsequent collision with the runway.

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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