# Incident 20020624014129I: Beech 76, Clearwater, FL, June 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Air Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9767° N, 82.7587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Clearwater Air Park (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9767&lon=-82.7587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20066, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20066-2020-05-07) (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: 1,800 total, 150 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020624014129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 2002, AT 1500 LOCAL TIME, A BEECH 76, N20066, REGISTERED TO CLEARWATER AIRPARK, INC. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT CLEARWATER AIRPARK, CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND SECOND PILOT/STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CLEARWATER AIRPARK ON JUNE 24, 2002 AT 1500 LOCAL TIME.

## Other reports on N20066 (1)

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

- [Incident 19801230086149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801230086149I), Dec 30, 1980: Beech 76 (N20066), West Jordan, UT, Minor damage. Pilot did not extend landing gear.

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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