# Incident 20040126004989I: Beech 76, El Cajon, CA, January 26, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2004, 19:45 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6001R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6001R) (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 O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040126004989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON REACHING ABOUT 65 KNOTS ON THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE (BANG) AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE ONTO THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE PROPELLERS BEGAN STRIKING THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO A STOP, SKIDDING ON IT'S NOSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR AND AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS MADE WITH NO DEFECTS OR MALFUNCTIONS DISCOVERED.

## Other reports on N6001R (3)

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

- [Incident 20111010026829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111010026829I), Oct 10, 2011: Beech 76 (N6001R), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. Ip [privacy data omitted] was conducting multiengine flight instruction in a Beechcraft dutchess (BE-76) aircraft. During a take-off maneuver the student…
- [Incident 20011117031239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011117031239I), Nov 17, 2001: Beech 76 (N6001R), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. (-23) While on the take-off run, just prior to rotation speed, the nose gear retracted. The left and right engine propellers struck the runway surface with…
- [Incident 19981027034299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981027034299I), Oct 27, 1998: Beech 76 (N6001R), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. During touch and go at gullespie field (see), el cajon, CA, the pilots heard a noise coming from the nose landing gear. The aircraft proceeded to Montgomery…

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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