# Accident 20110502007119A: Beech 76, Redding, CA, May 2, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2011, 16:30 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NN3S
- Location: 40.5090° N, 122.2934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N166AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110502007119A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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