# Incident 20100630045629I: Beech 76, Fort Pierce, FL, June 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2010, 23:35 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5090M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5090M) (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: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 126 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100630045629I

## Narrative

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

PILOTS WERE ON A FLIGHT FROM MLB TO FPR.  DURING THEIR APPROACH TO FPR, THEY WERE DISTRACTED BY TRYING TO ACTIVATE THE RIUNWAY LIGHTS, OBTAINING A VISUAL ON THE AIRPORT,  AND LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC.   THEY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT REALIZE IT  UNTIL BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY.  STRIKING THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT DECIDED TO PERFORM A GO AROUND BECAUSE HE OBSERVED THE SPARKS  FROM THE PROPELLER TIPS IMPACTING THE RUNWAY.  DURING THE GO AROUND THEY REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN.  THEY IMMEDIATELY LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 32.  THIS LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE SAFETY PILOT WITHOUT INCIDENT."AIRCRAFT ONLY SUSTAINED PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLERS AND THEIR RESPCTIVE ENGINES.

## Other reports on N5090M (2)

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

- [Incident 20130125008299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130125008299I), Jan 25, 2013: Beech 76 (N5090M), Ft. Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Approaching kfpr airport, while on the short final runway 32 at 500 ft AGL a medium size raptor bird hit the left engine propeller blades. The remains hit the…
- [Accident 20070523010829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070523010829A), May 23, 2007: Beech 76 (N5090M), Pahokee, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was on final approach for landing, and had selected 20 degrees of wing flaps "as it was gusty." Over the end of the runway he reduced engine…

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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