# Incident 20260507003699I: Beech F33A, Redbluff, CA, May 7, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2026, 09:09 local time
- Place: Redbluff, CA
- Airport: Redbluff Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1503° N, 122.2522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RED BLUFF MUNI (RBL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1503&lon=-122.2522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3688R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3688R) (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: 2,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260507003699I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 7TH, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 PDT, A BEECH F33A AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PERFORMED A GEAR-UP LANDING AT REDBLUFF MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (RBL). FOLLOWING THE LANDING, THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED THE SCENE WITHOUT COMMUNICATING WITH RESPONDING  PERSONNEL. A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE SHOWING IT IN THE 'UP' POSITION WAS PROVIDED TO THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR BY FIRST RESPONDERS. IT WAS ALSO REPORT THAT THE PILOT TOLD FIRE DEPARTMENT DISPATCH PERSONNEL THAT 'HE MESSED UP, YOU HAVE TO FIX IT.' THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RECOVERED FROM THE RUNWAY BY PERSONNEL FROM THE LOCAL FBO AT THE AIRPORT. RECOVERY PERSONNEL INDICATED THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER RECOVERING THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED TO A HANGAR LEASED BY THE PILOT AT THE AIRPORT.

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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