# Incident 19790714020839I: Beech 76, San Martin, CA, July 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: San Martin, CA
- Airport: South County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0829° N, 121.5963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Martin, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0829&lon=-121.5963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2074M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2074M-1993-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,880 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790714020839I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N2074M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880719029139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880719029139A), Jul 19, 1988: Beech 76 (N2074M), Portola Valley, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot made hammerhead stall at low altitude. Spun in and crashed into residential yard flipping into a pool.

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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