# Incident 19960402011319I: Beech 76, Denton, TX, April 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1996, 21:00 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6010W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6010W-2006-06-01) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960402011319I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING THE PILOT'S RIGHT KNEE HIT THE GEAR SWITCH, WHICH PARTIALLY HANGS DOWN BELOW THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. THE "OUT" AND "OVER" LOCK FEATURE OF THE GEAR SWITCH WAS WORN. IT IS UNKNOWN WHY THE AIRSPEED ACTIVATED SAFETY SWITCH DID NOT PREVENT RETRACTION. INCIDENT ONLY.

## Other reports on N6010W (1)

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

- [Incident 19971017042489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971017042489I), Oct 17, 1997: Beech 76 (N6010W), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: we first completed a dispatch release form and a thorough visual pre-flight inspection of the aircraft. All checked out o.k. we departed Addison at…

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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