# Incident 19960823023479I: Beech 77, Rochester, NY, August 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1996, 12:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3868J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3868J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960823023479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 25 SHEERING OFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. STUDENT PILOT, MR. TERRY MCDONALD WAS ON HIS SOLO FLIGHT AND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, BOUNCED AND THEN HIT NOSE FIRST. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR. PROPELLER, AND ENGINE FOR SUDDEN STOPPAGE. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE LF WING TIP AND PITOT TUBE WAS BENT, WHICH INDICATES THE LEFT WING TOUCHED THE RUNWAY. A MALFUNCTION DEFECT REPORT WAS FILED. AIRCRAFT IS BEING REPAIRED AT THE CORPORATE WINGS HANGAR. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N3868J (1)

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

- [Incident 19880228010629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880228010629I), Feb 28, 1988: Beech 77 (N3868J), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. Hit a snowbank while taxiing to ramp. Airport personnel advised to keep snow down below wing level.

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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