# Accident 20090730014669A: Beech 76, Glendale, AZ, July 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2009, 15:10 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Airport: Glendale Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: I07S
- Location: 33.5306° N, 112.2933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5306&lon=-112.2933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83ER) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 38 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA383) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730014669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 7/30/2009 AT 1510 MST, AFTER PERFORMING A NORMAL LANDING THE PILOT AND STUDENT TAXIED OFF RUNWAY 21 AT TAXIWAY A6.  THE GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED, AND IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN GEARS A-FRAME THAT HOLDS THE GEAR IN A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION WAS BROKEN.  THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON THE RAMP IN VIEW OF THE AIRPORT TOWER HOWEVER THE FSDO WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 8/3/2009.

## 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 WPR09LA383](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA383), Jul 30, 2009: Beech 76 (N83ER), Glendale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of the left main landing gear enhanced side brace assembly.

## Other reports on N83ER (1)

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

- [Incident 20061009019879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061009019879I), Oct 9, 2006: Beech 76 (N83ER), Wagoner, OK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot said he entered the traffic pattern on downwind, turned base, then final. A normal landing was made and while on rollout he noticed a deer coming…

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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