# Incident 19990119011539I: Beech 76, Borrego Springs, CA, January 19, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1999, 10:35 local time
- Place: Borrego Springs, CA
- Airport: Borrego Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2590° N, 116.3210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BORREGO VALLEY (L08), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2590&lon=-116.3210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5274M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5274M-2005-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990119011539I

## Narrative

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

ON 1/19/99, AT APPROXIMATELY 1035 PST, ARON FENCIL LANDED AT THE BORREGO SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA AIRPORT IN N5274M, A BEECHCRAFT MODEL BE-76 AIRCRAFT. AFTER LANDING, DURING THE ROLL OUT, FENCIL INDICATED THAT AS HE WAS TETRACTING THE WING FLAPS, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. NEITHER FENCIL, NOR HIS TOW PASSENTER, BOTH CFI'S, WERE INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.NO FIRE RESULTED. INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION. NO DEFECTS COULD BE FOUND IN THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE RETRACTION/EXTENSION SYSTEM COMPONENTS. DISCUSSED THIS INCIDENT WITH FENCIL. DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF INADVERTENTLY RETRCTING THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS ON ROLL OUT. PIC DOES NOT BELIEVE THE LANDING GEAR WAS MISTAKENLY RAISED DURING ROLL OUT. REFERRED THIS MATTER TO THE SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER.

## Other reports on N5274M (2)

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

- [Accident 20050622015789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050622015789A), Jun 22, 2005: Beech 76 (N5274M), Glendale, AZ, Destroyed. (-23) On June 200, 2005, about 1800 mountain standard time, a Beech 76, N5274M, impacted terrain during an attempted go-around at Glendale Municipal Airport…
- [Incident 19891130061159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891130061159I), Nov 30, 1989: Beech 76 (N5274M), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. On instructional flight pilot landed with wheels up. No mechancial problem.

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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