# Incident 20030428019029I: Beech 76, Ocala, FL, April 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2003, 16:45 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala Municipal-Jim Taylor Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1719° N, 82.2241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCALA INTL-JIM TAYLOR FLD (OCF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1719&lon=-82.2241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N110SU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N110SU) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 178 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030428019029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11-04-2002, BE-76, N110SU, SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE BY AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS OF OCALA, FLORIDA. ON 04-28-2003, DURING THE FIRST TAKEOFF AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE, THE NOSE GEAR AGAIN COLLAPSED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, JUST PRIOR TO ROTATION SPEED. THE PILOT INSTANTLY APPLIED NOSE UP PITCH TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE WITH MINOR DAMAGE LIMITED TO THE TIPS OF THE LEFT PROPELLER. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF, AND AFTER REACHING A SAFE ALTITUDE, MANUALLY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR, AND RETURNED FOR LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT BY FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS REVEALED THAT PERSONNEL OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SPECIALISTS HAD PERFORMED INADEQUATE REPAIRS, TO SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE FAILURE TO CORRECT IMPROPER RIGGING OF THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY OF N110SU, FOLLOWING THE FIRST NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE INCIDENT ON 11-04-2002.

## Other reports on N110SU (6)

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

- [Incident 20160929023119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160929023119I), Sep 29, 2016: Beech 76 (N110SU), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on landing roll out on runway 28; precipitated by a left landing gear down green indicator light not illuminating.
- [Incident 20110128002799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110128002799I), Jan 28, 2011: Beech 76 (N110SU), Ft. Pierce, FL, Substantial damage. While in a training flight, during the landing phase the landing gears were not "extended" and the aircraft encountered a "gear-up" landing with no injuries.
- [Incident 20071113831689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071113831689I), Nov 13, 2007: Beech 76 (N110SU), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Loss of hydraulic pressure in nose gear motor caused nose gear not to extend. Gravity drop option not available due to solidified fluid in lines. Pilot…
- [Incident 20041124032659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041124032659I), Nov 24, 2004: Beech 76 (N110SU), Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During takeoff roll nose gear collapsed, pilot reported that the aircraft was approximately 30KTS, engines were shut down immediately. Damage to aircraft…
- [Incident 20021104036099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021104036099I), Nov 4, 2002: Beech 76 (N110SU), Ocala, FL, Minor damage. (-23) After performing several full stop landings, the pilot was demonstrating a short field take-off, at approximately 55 knots during the take-off roll the…
- [Incident 20011016028989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011016028989I), Oct 16, 2001: Beech 76 (N110SU), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Flight instructor david peruch was being standardized in a BE-76 by flight instructor samuel mezzell. Mr. Peruch was at the right seat controls,…

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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