# Accident 20001030038659A: Beech 76, Tulsa, OK, October 30, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 30, 2000, 18:24 local time - Place: Tulsa, OK - Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.0493° N, 95.9713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0493&lon=-95.9713&mi=10 - Aircraft: N23823, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23823-2012-09-06) (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 - Reported engine: LYC O360A1G6D - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 2 - Pilot flight hours: 1,398 total, 877 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA015) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001030038659A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.4)ON OCTOBER 30, 2000, AT 1824 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BEECH BE-76 TWIN-ENGINE AIRPLANE (ALSO KNOWN AS A DUTCHESS), N23823, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING A GO-AROUND NEAR THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR. AIRPORT NEAR TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION, INC., OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WERE FATALLY INJURED. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR. AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1530. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT THE PILOT RADIOED TULSA APPROACH CONTROL AND STATED THAT THEY WERE 4 MILES NORTH OF THE OKMULGEE AIRPORT (APPROXIMATELY 18 MILES SOUTH OF RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR. AIRPORT, RVS), AND THEY HAD AN ENGINE ON FIRE. AT THAT TIME, THE PILOT REQUESTED A STRAIGHT IN LANDING ON RUNWAY 1L AT RVS. THE ATC PERSONNEL ASKED THE PILOT TO DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM AGAIN AND THE PILOT REPORTED AN ENGINE FIRE. THE APPROACH CONTROLLER ASKED THE PILOT TO INDICATE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD, HOW MUCH FUEL WAS ON BOARD, AND WHICH ENGINE WAS ON FIRE, TO WHICH THE PILOT RESPONDED 2 PEOPLE, 2 HOURS OF FUEL, AND THE RIGHT ENGINE. ACCORDING TO RVS TOWER PERSONNEL, THEY OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE APPROACH "FAST," AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE. ONE CONTROLLER REPORTED SEEING FLAMES COMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE CONTROL TOWER THAT "THE GEAR [WAS] NOT OPERATING" AND THAT HE HAD TO GO-AROUND. HE ADDED THAT "ONE OF THE LIGHTS [WAS] NOT COMING ON." THE CONTROLLER REPORTED TO THE PILOT THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE EXTENDED AND CLEARED HIM TO LAND ON EITHER RUNWAY AT HIS DISCRETION. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19R. THE CONTROLLERS STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE INITIATED A CLIMB THEN STARTED TO ROLL OVER TO THE RIGHT AND PITCH NOSE DOWN. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND AND A FIRE ERUPTED UPON IMPACT. NUMEROUS WITNESSES, LOCATED AT VARIOUS AREAS ON THE AIRPORT, REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED TO RUNWAY 1L WITH A TAILWIND, AND WAS "VERY FAST ON APPROACH." THE WITNESSES THEN HEARD AN APPLICATION OF ENGINE POWER, AND THE AIRPLANE PITCHED NOSE UP AND STARTED TO CLIMB. THE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE THEN SLOWED AND ROLLED RIGHT INVERTED AND PITCHED NOSE DOWN UNTIL IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. SOME OF THE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE EXTENDED POSITION. (-23)THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED RIGHT ENGINE ON FIRE 15 MILES SOUTH OF RVS AND REPORTED NO GREEN LIGHT WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND FAST ON APPROACH TO RVS AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND. WHILE IN A RIGHT TURN NORTH OF THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A SLIGHTLY NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT A 90 DEGREE HEADING. THERE WAS NO IMPACT MARKS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. ALL PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE CLOSED TO THE AIRCRAFT EXCEPT THE RIGHT CABIN DOOR WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 FEET OUTBOARD OF THE RIGHT WING AND SLIGHTLY TO THE REAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WAS A POST IMPACT FIRE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF BLACK SOOT STARTING AT THE RIGHT ENGINE OUTBOARD AIR INLET FLOWING TO THE REAR OF THE COLWING. THE LEFT FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE POSITION AND THE RIGHT FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE OFF POSITION AT THE WINGS. THE RIGHT OIL COOLER HOSE TO THE ACCESSORY CASE WAS DISCONNECTED AT THE CASE, THE "B" NUT OF THE HOSE APPEARED TO BE CROSS THREADED. THE HOSE AND IT'S UNION WAS SENT TO THE NTSB LAB. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB FTW01FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA015), Oct 31, 2000: Beech BE-76 (N23823), Tulsa, OK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the instructor pilot's failure to maintain the airplane's minimum controllable airspeed during a single-engine go-around, which resulted in his loss of control of the airplane. Contributory factors… ## Other reports on N23823 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19980704027209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980704027209I), Jul 4, 1998: Beech 76 (N23823), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Pilot reported unsafe gear to tower. The tower confirmed the LH MLG appeareed down but not locked. Upon landings, the LH MLG collapsed. Minor damage to LH wing… - [Incident 19901114058639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901114058639I), Nov 14, 1990: Beech 76 (N23823), Chicago/Aurora, IL, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear on touch and go landing. Landed gear up. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.