# Incident 20030915022829I: Beech 76, Ozark, AL, September 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2003, 09:15 local time
- Place: Ozark, AL
- Airport: Blackwell Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OZKS
- Location: 31.4591° N, 85.6405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ozark, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4591&lon=-85.6405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18976, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18976-2018-03-20) (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: 1,567 total, 160 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030915022829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT ON TAKE-OFF ROLL AND PRIOR TO ROTATION SPEED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT STATED THAT THE GEAR HANDLE POSITION WAS CHECKED DURING CHECKLIST REVIEW. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE UP POSITION BY THE PILOT AFTER THE INCIDENT AND RE-ENTRY TO THE CABIN.

## Other reports on N18976 (2)

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

- [Incident 19811102089759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811102089759I), Nov 2, 1981: Beech 76 (N18976), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear would not extend. Landed with nose gear up. Nose gear retract cyclinder failed.
- [Incident 19790713020689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790713020689I), Jul 13, 1979: Beech 95B55 (N18976), Brookhaven, NY. Oil pressure dropped, temperature rose rapidly. Shutdown engine. Found carbon buildup on pressure relief valve.

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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