# Incident 20080316012019I: Beech 76, Lexington, KY, March 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2008, 15:24 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17AT-2025-05-12) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080316012019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING APPROACH PHASE OF FLIGHT, NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT EXTEND. PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) ACCOMPLISHED FLY-BY OF KFFT AIRPORT IN FRANKFORT KY, FOR VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF NOSE LANDING GEAR POSITION. PILOT IN COMMAND THEN RETRACTED MAIN LANDING GEARS AND WAS DIRECTED TO LEXINGTON (KLEX) AND PERFORMED A GEAR UP LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR.

## Other reports on N17AT (2)

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

- [Incident 20240413004719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240413004719I), Apr 13, 2024: Beech 76 (N17AT), Zephyrhills, FL, Minor damage. On 04/13/2024, 1547 EDT, the pilot in command (PIC) of [privacy data omitted], a Beech BE-76, registered to [privacy data omitted], experienced a nose landing…
- [Incident 19951026040699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951026040699I), Oct 26, 1995: Beech 76 (N17AT), Carlsbad, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on October 26, 1995, at approximately 1146 PDT, N17AT, a Beechcraft BE-76, executed a gear up landing at Palomar airport, Carlsbad, California.…

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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