# Accident 20010521010129A: Beech 76, Tulsa, OK, May 21, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 21, 2001, 08:40 local time - Place: Tulsa, OK - Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.4500° N, 97.5710° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4500&lon=-97.5710&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6003Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6003Y) (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: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,208 total, 126 in this make and model, 214 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA126) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521010129A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19)ON MAY 21, 2001, AT 0840 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 76 AIRPLANE, N6003Y, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION, INC. OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK A HANGAR WHILE TAXING AT THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES AIRPORT, TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) PILOT HIS STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. 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 WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CFI REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT ELEVATOR STRUCK THE HANGAR WHILE HIS STUDENT MADE A LEFT HAND TURN DURING TAXING. BOTH STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD MAINTENANCE INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TIP AND THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL ELEVATOR WERE DAMAGED. (-23)THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE AND HIS STUDENT GOT INTO THE AIRCRAFT AND STARTED THE ENGINES AND TOLD THE STUDENT TO GO AHEAD AND TAXI OUT OF THE COVERED PARKING SPACE. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE LOOKED DOWN AT HIS KNEEBOARD FOR A SECOND WHEN THE STUDENT STOPPED AFTER STRIKING THE AIRCRAFTS "T" TAIL ON AN UPRIGHT SUPPORT IN THE COVERED PARKING SPACE. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRAINING FLIGHT WAS FOR THE STUDENTS MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUMENT RATING. ON THE SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE TIP OF THE RIGHT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, THE ELEVATOR FORWARD LEADING EDGE AT THE OUTBOARD END AND THE RIGHT HAND ELEVATOR WAS BUCKLED 24 INCHES FROM THE TIP. (.4) ON MAY 21, 2001, AT 0840 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BE-76 AIRPLANE, N6003Y, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION, INC. OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK A HANGAR WHILE TAXING AT THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR. AIRPORT, TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND HIS PILOT RATED STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. 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 WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CFI, WHO WAS SEATED IN THE RIGHT SEAT, REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT ELEVATOR OF THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A HANGAR BUILDING WHEN THE PILOT RATED STUDENT MADE A LEFT TURN WHILE COM MENCING TO TAXI. THE CFI ALSO REPORTED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS INTENDED FOR HIS STUDENT TO PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES IN A MULTI-ENGINE AIRPLANE. THE STUDENT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH RATINGS IN SINGLE ENGINE LAND AND MULTI-ENGINE LAND AIRPLANES. THE STUDENT'S TOTAL ACCUMULATED FLIGHT TIME WAS 3,000 HOURS, OF WHICH 1,000 HOURS WERE IN MULTI-ENGINE AIRPLANES. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT THE ELEVATOR WAS BUCKLED. NO OTHER MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WERE NOTED OR REPORTED. ## 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 FTW01LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA126), May 21, 2001: Beech BE-76 (N6003Y), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the dual student pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the hangar while taxing. ## Other reports on N6003Y (5) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20170213002309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170213002309I), Feb 13, 2017: Beech 76 (N6003Y), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. On February 13, 2017 at approximately 2145 local time, N6003Y was involved in a gear collapse upon landing on 10 left at kfpr. The flight conducted was… - [Incident 20120227002779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120227002779I), Feb 27, 2012: Beech 76 (N6003Y), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. During a training flight the instructor simulated an engine failure (left engine) on approach into kfpr. The tower cleared the aicraft to land on runway 10… - [Incident 20110930022249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110930022249I), Sep 30, 2011: Beech 76 (N6003Y), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. At aprox. 1 1/2 miles pilot requested visual landing to rwy 10R, check list was completed and pilot lowered gear and got 3 green which was verified by safety… - [Incident 20100513036669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100513036669I), May 13, 2010: Beech 76 (N6003Y), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. On the may 5, 2010, Mr. Omar alsamaan and Mr. Sivakumaran kandasamy were flying N6003Y returning from gainsville regiona airport (kgnv). Mr. Omar alsamaan was… - [Incident 19821108065979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821108065979I), Nov 8, 1982: Beech 76 (N6003Y), League City, TX, Minor damage. Student inadvertently retracted the landing gear on touch and go. CFI had no time to intervene. 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.