# Incident 20011209035979I: Beech 76, Champaign-Urban, IL, December 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2001, 14:22 local time
- Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: UC2S
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66272, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66272) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,362 total, 51 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011209035979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IGL1920020013-THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL PILOT RATED STUDENT WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN PREPARATION FOR A MULTI-ENGINE CERTIFICATION PRACTICAL TEST. DURING THE THIRD TAKEOFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AT APPROXIMATELY ROTATION SPEED, CAUSING BOTH PROPELLERS TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROTATED AND BECAME AIRBORNE. THE INSTRUCTOR ENSURED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE PROPERLY INDICATING THREE GREEN LIGHTS. HE THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR HELD IN POSITION DURING THE LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT TAXI TO PARKING. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR AND TO THE PROPELLERS. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COULD NOT ESTABLISH A MECHANICAL CAUSE FOR THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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