# Incident 20260601010869I: Beech F33A, La Porte, IN, June 1, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2026, 16:00 local time
- Place: La Porte, IN
- Airport: La Porte Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5725° N, 86.7345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA PORTE MUNI (PPO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5725&lon=-86.7345&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8586R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8586R) (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: 1,000 total, 950 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260601010869I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/01/2026 AN BEECH F33A WAS PERFORMING PRACTICE ILS APPROACHES INTO LAPORTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND MADE THREE APPROACHES, TWO GO AROUNDS WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN, AND ONE LANDING. DURING ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING THE NOSE GEAR SUDDENLY COLLAPSED. THE PROP AND NOSE CONTACTED THE GROUND, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A HALT. AFTER REVIEWING VIDEO EVIDENCE OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WENT INTO A TRANSIENT STATE APPROXIMATELY 1-2 SECONDS BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE VISUAL INDICATION WAS BOTH INBOARD MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS OPENED WHICH IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR JUST PRIOR TO THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTING. IN ORDER FOR THE GEAR TO BE IN THAT STATE REQUIRES A MANUAL INPUT OF THE GEAR SELECTION LEVER TO START THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

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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