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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 76 · Prescott, AZ · September 19, 1998

Date: September 19, 1998 · 14:00 local
Place: Prescott, AZ
Airport: Ernest A Love Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N66319
Reported as: Beech 76
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,700 total180 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-5)The dual flight departed approx. 1300 local. The flight first went to a practice area, maneuvers were performed, and the aircraft returned to the airport for takeoff and landing practice. The first landing was without incident. Following the take-off, the instructor simulated a failure of the right engine by retarding the throttle, and the aircraft was flown around the pattern for a single-engine approach and landing. The landing flare was initiated at a higher-than-normal altitude and the aircraft developed a high sink rate as power was reduced. The airplane impacted the runway on the right main gear, bounced to the left main gear, striking the left propeller with the runway surface. Damage was noticed after taxiing to parking and the aircraft was shut down.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)THE DUAL FLIGHT DEPARTED APPROX. 1300 LOCAL. THE FLIGHT FIRST WENT TO A PRACTICE AREA, MANEUVERS WERE PERFORMED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR TAKEOFF AND LANDING PRACTICE. THE FIRST LANDING WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOLLOWING THE TAKE-OFF, THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED A FAILURE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE BY RETARDING THE THROTTLE, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN AROUND THE PATTERN FOR A SINGLE-ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING. THE LANDING FLARE WAS INITIATED AT A HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL ALTITUDE AND THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE AS POWER WAS REDUCED. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, BOUNCED TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, STRIKING THE LEFT PROPELLER WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. DAMAGE WAS NOTICED AFTER TAXIING TO PARKING AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN.