# Incident 19951113043299I: Beech 76, Kissimmee, FL, November 13, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1995, 18:05 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2836° N, 81.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE (FA17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2836&lon=-81.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6701V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6701V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 3,100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951113043299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING FINAL APPROACH AT ISM, PILOT ACTIVATED THE LANDING GEAR; HEARD GEAR MOTOR ENGAGE AND CONTINUED DESCENT. UPON CROSSING RUNWAY THRESHOLD AT APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET ABOVE SURFACE, PILOT CUT THROTTLES AND HEARD A WARNING BUZZER, INADVERTENTLY MISTAKING IT AS A STALL WARNING INSTEAD OF A GEAR UP WARNING. IN AN EFFORT TO GO AROUND, THE PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AS THE PLANE STARTED TO GAIN ALTITUDE. WHEN THE PLANE BEGAN TO ROLL LEFT, THE PILOT QUICKLY LEVELED AND LANDED WITH GEARS UP. DURING RECOVERY THE GEAR REMAINED RETRACTED FOR AT LEAST 90 SECONDS BEFORE IT FINALLY EXTENDED. INSPECTION OF THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL WELL REVEALED A LARGE HYDRAULIC STAIN WHICH APPARENTLY DISCHARGED FROM THE LEFT GEAR EXTENSION CYLINDER. SUBSEQUENTLY, MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE MAIN END CAP O-RING (AN 6227B-10) FAILED. THIS O-RING CONTAINS THE FLUID AND KEEPS IT FROM LEAKING EXTERNALLY ON THE LANDING GEAR DOWN PRESSURE SIDE. IT WAS DETERMINED THE O-RING WAS INSTALLED WITH A TWIST, WHICH CAUSED A PRE-LOAD IN THE CROSS SECTION, WHICH EVENTUALLY COVERED THE FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT FLUID LOSS DURING THE LANDING PHASE.

## Other reports on N6701V (2)

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

- [Incident 20200725011409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200725011409I), Jul 25, 2020: Beech 76 (N6701V), New Smyrna Beac, FL, Minor damage. Second pilot(student) was receiving multi engine flight instruction. A touch and go landing was intended on runway 11 at evb. Student stated that he retracted…
- [Incident 20131206023999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131206023999I), Dec 6, 2013: Beech 76 (N6701V), Daytona, FL, Minor damage. While being cleared to land on runway 25R the tower gave the pilot the wind direction of wind 170 at 12 gusting to 20. The pilot approached 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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