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FAA accident report · Beech 76 · Redding, CA · May 2, 2011

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Date
May 2, 2011 · 16:30 local
Place
Redding, CA
Airport
Redding Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
NN3S
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N166AC
Reported as
Beech 76
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-360-A1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
N166ACRegistered now · Beech 76S/N ME263 · Built 1979Airframe modelBeech 76Engine modelLycoming 0-360-A1DReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft was practicing closed traffic patterns and had just landed on runway 16. The student reported that he was using the rudders to correct for the wind when his right knee hit the gear handle. The gear horn sounded and the instructor took the controls and put the gear handle down again. The instructor reported that the right side of the aircraft started sinking and they heard metal scraping the ground. The instructor cut the mixtures, propellers, and throttles. The aircraft veered off the runway and into the grass.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS PRACTICING CLOSED TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND HAD JUST LANDED ON RUNWAY 16. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT HE WAS USING THE RUDDERS TO CORRECT FOR THE WIND WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE HIT THE GEAR HANDLE. THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED AND THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AGAIN. THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SINKING AND THEY HEARD METAL SCRAPING THE GROUND. THE INSTRUCTOR CUT THE MIXTURES, PROPELLERS, AND THROTTLES. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS.