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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 76 · Tulsa, OK · February 27, 2008

Date: February 27, 2008 · 11:45 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: SODS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3812C
Reported as: Beech 76
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,030 total290 in this make and model115 in the last 90 days

N3812CRegistered now · Beech 76S/N ME-390 Airframe modelBeech 76 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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) On 02/27/2008, N3812C, a BE76 aircraft, was cleared for take off at 1145, veered to the left of the taxiway while taxiing onto the runway and struck a runway light, causing damage on one propeller blade. Post incident inspection by maintenance personnel of the brake system failed to disclose any abnormalities. However maintenance personnel did indicate that it was possible a slight amount of air in the brake lines was present and that could have caused the momentary loss of brake pressure. The aircraft had recently been returned to service from maintenance and inspection of the aircraft. This was the first flight after maintenance and inspection.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 02/27/2008, N3812C, A BE76 AIRCRAFT, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF AT 1145, VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE TAXIWAY WHILE TAXIING ONTO THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT, CAUSING DAMAGE ON ONE PROPELLER BLADE. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANY ABNORMALITIES. HOWEVER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DID INDICATE THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF AIR IN THE BRAKE LINES WAS PRESENT AND THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE MOMENTARY LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECENTLY BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE FROM MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT AFTER MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION.