# Incident 20020920027849I: Beech 76, Fort Worth, TX, September 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2002, 17:20 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Spinks Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5651° N, 97.3084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH SPINKS (FWS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5651&lon=-97.3084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6015Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6015Q) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 7 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020920027849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2002, AIRMAN WALTER MERCER WAS ACTING AS A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (MULTI-ENGINE) GIVING WILLIAM SIMS MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUCTION IN AIRCRAFT N6015Q, A BEECHCRAFT DUCHESS. UPON LANDING AT SPINKS AIRPORT, MR. MERCER INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED THE GEAR HANDLE. MR. MERCER STATED THAT HE WANTED TO PLACE THE FLAP HANDLE IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION, BUT SELECTED THE WRONG HANDLE. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE NOSE SECTION AND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO BOTH PROPS. BOTH AIRMAN SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND EVACUATED IMMEDIATELY.

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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