20040317004939I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 76 · Dothan, AL · March 17, 2004

Date
March 17, 2004 · 10:49 local
Place
Dothan, AL
Airport
Dothan Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
OZKS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N137AS
Reported as
Beech 76
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,700 total300 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot was demonstrating touch and go landings at Dothan airport, Dothan, Alabama (dhn) for a 141 standardization flight. While on the take off roll, the pilot raised the landing gear before the aircraft was airborne. The nose gear collapsed getting the props, engines, and skin damage to the fuselage where the nose landing gear retracted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT WAS DEMONSTRATING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT DOTHAN AIRPORT, DOTHAN, ALABAMA (DHN) FOR A 141 STANDARDIZATION FLIGHT. WHILE ON THE TAKE OFF ROLL, THE PILOT RAISED THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED GETTING THE PROPS, ENGINES, AND SKIN DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE WHERE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.