# Incident 20080916849949I: Beech 76, Gustine, CA, September 16, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: Gustine, CA
- Airport: Gustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2606° N, 120.9643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GUSTINE (3O1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2606&lon=-120.9643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7774T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7774T) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080916849949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPT 16, 2008 A BE-76 N7774T, WITH THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD, ONE A TRAINEE AND ONE THE INSTRUCTOR, WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT GUSTINE, CA (3O1) AIRPORT.  ON THE 3RD LANDING, THE INSTRUCTOR MADE THE STATEMENT THAT HE "...HAD TO REMIND THE STUDENT TO CHECK THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND...THEN UPON ROLLOUT I REMINDED THE STUDENT THAT HE FORGOT TO BRING THE FLAPS UP SINCE WE WERE PRACTICING SHORT-FIELD LANDINGS".  THE INSTRUCTOR SAID HE BROUGHT UP THE FLAPS, THEN NOTICED THAT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW NORMAL POSITION.  HE TRIED TO "GO-AROUND" HOWEVER BY THAT TIME THE PROPELLERS HAD STRUCK THE PAVEMENT, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP.  AN EYE WITNESS VERIFIED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID A LANDING ROLL OF 300 TO 400 FEET BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR, NO INJURIES, NO FIRE.

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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