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FAA accident report · Beech 76 · Port Orange, FL · November 1, 2006

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Date
November 1, 2006 · 11:18 local
Place
Port Orange, FL
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6017U
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA07FA011
Reported as
Beech 76
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
487 total25 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days
N6017URegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2007 · Beech 76S/N ME-159 · Built 1979Airframe modelBeech 76Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The flight departed daytona beach airport with a flight instructor and a private pilot student (who was receiving dual instruction towards his commercial multi-engine certificate) on board. While being vectored by air traffic control for an ILS runway 7L approach into daytona beach, the pilot declared a minimum fuel alert. Shortly afterwards the pilot declared that his right engine had ceased operating. Air traffic control suggested that he go to spruce creek airport, which was closer than daytona, and the pilot elected to proceed to spruce creek. Shortly thereafter, the left engine failed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing into a backyard. Evidence at the crash site indicated that the airplane made ground contact in a right-wing-low attitude with the landing gear in the up position. The airplane then struck a berm and a fence which caused it to rotate approximately 180 degrees from its landing path. A post-crash fire ensued, and the flight instructor and the student received fatal injuries. On-site investigation and subsequent engine and fuel system examination revealed no fuel in the tanks, lines, gascolators, and engines. The propellers, which detached from the engines before the plane struck the berm, were not feathered.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE FLIGHT DEPARTED DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A PRIVATE PILOT STUDENT (WHO WAS RECEIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION TOWARDS HIS COMMERCIAL MULTI-ENGINE CERTIFICATE) ON BOARD. WHILE BEING VECTORED BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FOR AN ILS RUNWAY 7L APPROACH INTO DAYTONA BEACH, THE PILOT DECLARED A MINIMUM FUEL ALERT. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE PILOT DECLARED THAT HIS RIGHT ENGINE HAD CEASED OPERATING. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SUGGESTED THAT HE GO TO SPRUCE CREEK AIRPORT, WHICH WAS CLOSER THAN DAYTONA, AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO PROCEED TO SPRUCE CREEK. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A BACKYARD. EVIDENCE AT THE CRASH SITE INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE MADE GROUND CONTACT IN A RIGHT-WING-LOW ATTITUDE WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THE AIRPLANE THEN STRUCK A BERM AND A FENCE WHICH CAUSED IT TO ROTATE APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES FROM ITS LANDING PATH. A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. ON-SITE INVESTIGATION AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM EXAMINATION REVEALED NO FUEL IN THE TANKS, LINES, GASCOLATORS, AND ENGINES. THE PROPELLERS, WHICH DETACHED FROM THE ENGINES BEFORE THE PLANE STRUCK THE BERM, WERE NOT FEATHERED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA07FA011Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPort Orange, FLThe flight instructor's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion.Nov 1, 2006 · Destroyed

Other reports on N6017U · 1

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

Incident 19960911032809ITakeoff Ground Roll · Chicago/Waukega, ILNarrative: on 9-11-96, at 1306 pm Beechcraft model 76, N6017U was practicing touch and go landings at Waukegan airport. During the take off the nose landing gear became unlocked from the down position, and retracted. The crew did not select gear up. This…Sep 11, 1996 · Minor damage