# Accident 20100501033109A: Beech 76, Willows, CA, May 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2010, 14:15 local time
- Place: Willows, CA
- Airport: Willows-Glenn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NN3S
- Location: 39.5156° N, 122.2172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5156&lon=-122.2172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6628X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6628X) (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: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,163 total, 85 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100501033109A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EMORY STATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL DURING THE APPROACH TO LAND.  JUST AFTER THEY CROSSED THE THRESHOLD THE RIGHT WING SUDDENLY DROPPED AND HIT THE RUNWAY.  FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EMORY DETERMINED THAT A LANDING WAS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION AND LANDED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS POINTED TOWARDS THE TAXIWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CROSS THE GRASS MEDIUM BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO STOP.  THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP FIBERGLASS CAP.  HE CALLED HIS CHEIF INSTRUCTOR AND A MECHANIC WAS DISPATCHED.  THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND ALLOWED THE CREW TO RETURN IT TO THE HOME BASE.

## 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 WPR10CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA236), May 1, 2010: Beech 76 (N6628X), Willows, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusting crosswind conditions and the certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision, resulting in a loss of directional control during…

## Other reports on N6628X (1)

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

- [Incident 20110203003549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110203003549I), Feb 3, 2011: Beech 76 (N6628X), Redding, CA, No damage. On feb 3, 2011 at approximately 14:04 PST Redding municipal airport…aircraft N6628X a BE-76 shortly after touch down veered off runway 34 into the midfield.…

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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