# Incident 20241231019269I: Beech F33A, Merced, CA, December 31, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2024, 14:19 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Yosemite Regional Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2848° N, 120.5139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCED YOSEMITE RGNL (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2848&lon=-120.5139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2FK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2FK) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,027 total, 537 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241231019269I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT A GROUND VEHICLE MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND CROSSED THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS NOT A SPACING ISSUE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND THE AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS DISTRACTED BY WATCHING THE VEHICLE AND FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN.

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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