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.
On 10/01/2009 at approximately 1300 EDT, a BE-76 Beechcraft duchess N6627U, registered to crystal aero group, crystal river Florida, contacted the runway at bkv Hernando County Airport, Brooksville Florida, during a practice instrument approach to landing without extending the landing gear. The instructor did in flight checks and decided the noise was the airstairs only contacting the runway, at this point they decided to return to crystal river airport. The distance is approximately 20 miles. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and the wind was calm. No flight plan was filed. The landing at crystal river was uneventful, and neither the student nor instructor were injured. After landing it was discovered the propeller blades on the left side were both damaged. One propeller blade on the right propeller was damaged. Both the airstairs were damaged. The damage was minor. This was a training flight. The flight originated at crystal river airport at approximately 1200 EDT.
As the FAA filed it
ON 10/01/2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 EDT, A BE-76 BEECHCRAFT DUCHESS N6627U, REGISTERED TO CRYSTAL AERO GROUP, CRYSTAL RIVER FLORIDA, CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AT BKV HERNANDO COUNTY AIRPORT, BROOKSVILLE FLORIDA, DURING A PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO LANDING WITHOUT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. THE INSTRUCTOR DID IN FLIGHT CHECKS AND DECIDED THE NOISE WAS THE AIRSTAIRS ONLY CONTACTING THE RUNWAY, AT THIS POINT THEY DECIDED TO RETURN TO CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT. THE DISTANCE IS APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THE WIND WAS CALM. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE LANDING AT CRYSTAL RIVER WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND NEITHER THE STUDENT NOR INSTRUCTOR WERE INJURED. AFTER LANDING IT WAS DISCOVERED THE PROPELLER BLADES ON THE LEFT SIDE WERE BOTH DAMAGED. ONE PROPELLER BLADE ON THE RIGHT PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. BOTH THE AIRSTAIRS WERE DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE WAS MINOR. THIS WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 EDT.
Other reports on N6627U · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.