# Accident 20060121002329A: Beech 76, Hinesville, GA, January 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2006, 13:15 local time
- Place: Hinesville, GA
- Airport: Liberty County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7961° N, 81.6411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7961&lon=-81.6411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6697N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6697N-2018-01-25) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,380 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060121002329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 21, 2006, AT 12:10 PM LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT N6697N, A BEECHCRAFT BE 76-76, ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14 AT 2J2 LIBERTY COUNTY AIRPORT. THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO BE 10 KTS AT 210, WITH VISIBILITY OF 10 SM AND BROKEN CLOUDS AT 2100 FT. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 14, THE PILOT STATED THAT "A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD" AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT AT THIS POINT ELECTED TO GO AROUND. AS THE AIRCRAFT NEARED THE TREE LINE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY (APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS) THE PILOT STATED, "WHILE PULLING BACK TO CLEAR THE TREES THE STALL WARNING HORN WENT OFF, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER RETRACTING THE FLAPS THE LEFT WING STALLED." THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 260 YARDS FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, AT WHICH POINT IT WAS DESTROYED BY POST ACCIDENT FIRE. WHEN THE IIC INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTED AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS FOUND DOWN AND LOCKED. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOTED THAT ON THE LEFT ENGINE THE THROTTLE WAS FULL OPEN TO THE STOPS (RIGHT ENGINE WAS DESTROYED). THE PILOT WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ATL06CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA037), Jan 21, 2006: Beech BE-76 (N6697N), Hinesville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with trees.

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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