# Incident 19990913027659I: Beech 76, Tracy, CA, September 13, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1999, 15:40 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Tracy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6889° N, 121.4416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRACY MUNI (TCY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-121.4416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5400M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 200 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990913027659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC MATT RILEY WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GOES WHEN HE SIMULATED AN ENGINE OUT FAILURE WHILE DEPARTING TRACY WITH STUDENT, HUNG CHUANG. BOTH PILOT AND STUDENT STATED THEY HAD NO INDICATION OF A GEAR FAILURE.  ALL SYSTEMS INDICATED GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.  THEY CLAIM TO HAVE CHECKED GEAR LIGHTS ON THREE (3) SEPARATE OCCASIONS.  PIC CLAIMS TO HAVE SEEN STUDENT HOLD GEAR HANDLE DOWN.  AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP.  SKIDDED TO A STOP, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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