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FAA incident report · Beech 76 · Norman, OK · March 29, 2000

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Date
March 29, 2000 · 14:20 local
Place
Norman, OK
Airport
University Of Oklahoma
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3726X
Reported as
Beech 76
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,094 total148 in this make and model217 in the last 90 days
N3726XRegistration cancelled Jan 23, 2018 · Beech 76S/N ME-356 · Built 1980Airframe modelBeech 76Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23)After landing, the aircraft rolled out about 1000 feet when the nose gear started to collapse. The first mark on the runway is a thin white paint transfer slightly to the right of the center line extending 300 feet. At this point the left propeller hit the ground. There was a total of ten prop strikes in about twenty-one feet. The right propeller hit the ground about ten feet after the left propeller (a total of fout prop strikes in about sixteen feet). At the same time, the nose cone hit the ground leaving a wide paint transfer on the runway for am additional 230 feet where the aircraft came to rest about twenty feet to the right of the center line. Both blades on both propellers were curled aft. Both nose gear doors were damaged and the left door link was broken. The nose cone was damaged. The support bracket between the two keels had a small tear in it. The aircraft WA towed to the hangar. The aircraft was placed on jacks and I witnessed several fault-free cycles of the landing gear includign an emergency extension. The gear warning system operated normally.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT ABOUT 1000 FEET WHEN THE NOSE GEAR STARTED TO COLLAPSE. THE FIRST MARK ON THE RUNWAY IS A THIN WHITE PAINT TRANSFER SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE EXTENDING 300 FEET. AT THIS POINT THE LEFT PROPELLER HIT THE GROUND. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF TEN PROP STRIKES IN ABOUT TWENTY-ONE FEET. THE RIGHT PROPELLER HIT THE GROUND ABOUT TEN FEET AFTER THE LEFT PROPELLER (A TOTAL OF FOUT PROP STRIKES IN ABOUT SIXTEEN FEET). AT THE SAME TIME, THE NOSE CONE HIT THE GROUND LEAVING A WIDE PAINT TRANSFER ON THE RUNWAY FOR AM ADDITIONAL 230 FEET WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT TWENTY FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE. BOTH BLADES ON BOTH PROPELLERS WERE CURLED AFT. BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED AND THE LEFT DOOR LINK WAS BROKEN. THE NOSE CONE WAS DAMAGED. THE SUPPORT BRACKET BETWEEN THE TWO KEELS HAD A SMALL TEAR IN IT. THE AIRCRAFT WA TOWED TO THE HANGAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND I WITNESSED SEVERAL FAULT-FREE CYCLES OF THE LANDING GEAR INCLUDIGN AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION. THE GEAR WARNING SYSTEM OPERATED NORMALLY.