# Accident 20031118037559A: Beech 76, Daytona Beach, FL, November 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2003, 10:05 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1797° N, 81.0567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1797&lon=-81.0567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6013M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6013M-2013-08-06) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1G6D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 400 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031118037559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 18, 2003, AT 1005EST, A BEECHCRAFT, BE-76, N6013M, OWNED BY JBH FLYING, INC., AND OPERATED BY FALCON FLIGHT CENTER, HAD A PROPELLER STRIKE WHEN THE PILOT TURNED THE PROP. THE PROPELLER STRUCK MR. AMIT KAPOOR, THE PILOT, IN THE HEAD CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. NO FLIGHT HAD BEEN OR WAS CONDUCTED. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT. MR. KAPOOR HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE NUMBER 2615699.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA04LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA024), Nov 18, 2003: Beech BE-76 (N6013M), Daytona Beach, FL, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper starting procedure which led to inadvertent activation of the propeller.

## Other reports on N6013M (2)

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

- [Incident 20010330005799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010330005799I), Mar 30, 2001: Beech 76 (N6013M), Everett, WA, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] ^ was providing flight instruction to [privacy data omitted]. [privacy data omitted] Failed to round out and flair the a/c.…
- [Incident 19891014060799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891014060799I), Oct 14, 1989: Beech 76 (N6013M), Bremerton, WA, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower gear on training flight and landed with gear up.

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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