# Incident 20000416033439I: Beech 76, Ruston, LA, April 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2000, 15:58 local time
- Place: Ruston, LA
- Airport: Ruston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5132° N, 92.5884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RUSTON RGNL (RSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5132&lon=-92.5884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3839L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3839L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000416033439I

## Narrative

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

(-23)LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKEOFF ROLL. STUDENT STATED THAT HE MAY HAVE HIT THE LANDING GEAR LEVEL WITH HIS KNEE PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.  AIRPLANE IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE TO FIX DAMAGE FROM INCIDENT.  WILL GET RESULTS OF GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION AFTER REPAIRS ARE MADE.

## Other reports on N3839L (1)

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

- [Incident 20091031020979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091031020979I), Oct 31, 2009: Beech 76 (N3839L), College Statio, TX, Minor damage. 10-31-2009 Aircraft, N3839L, BE-76, landed at Easterwood airport, College station, TX, about 1330 taxied off of runway 16 on to runway 28 on way to ramp, when…

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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