# Incident 20091001857219I: Beechcraft 76, Brooksville, FL, October 1, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Hernando County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6627U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6627U-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 76
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,285 total, 78 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091001857219I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20161230019639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161230019639A), Dec 30, 2016: Beech 76 (N6627U), Dunnellon, FL, Substantial damage. While performing a short field take off from X35 runway 05 the right engine dual magneto fell off causing engine failure and severe right roll. Crew elected to…
- [Incident 20110606011229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110606011229I), Jun 6, 2011: Beech 76 (N6627U), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. While conducting short field landings the aircraft impacted runway 27 at the Crystal River, FL. The right main gear departed the aircraft. The aircraft…
- [Accident 20020613013579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020613013579A), Jun 13, 2002: Beech 76 (N6627U), Prescott, AZ, No damage. (-23) Instructional flight performing touch and go's at the Prescott, AZ airport. During the go portion of a touch and go, the student's door opened just prior…
- [Incident 19881117065829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881117065829I), Nov 17, 1988: Beech 76 (N6627U), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. Unsafe gear light. Unable to correct. Left gear collapsed on rollout. Found a broken actuator rod.
- [Incident 19871014062899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871014062899I), Oct 14, 1987: Beech 76 (N6627U), Stuttgart, AR, Minor damage. During missed approach, CFI turned boost pump on which flooded the simulated failed engine. Aircraft force landed.

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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