# Incident 20111010026829I: Beech 76, El Cajon, CA, October 10, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2011, 00:59 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: S4DS
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6001R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6001R) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,030 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111010026829I

## Narrative

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

IP ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONDUCTING MULTIENGINE FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN A BEECHCRAFT DUTCHESS (BE-76) AIRCRAFT.  DURING A TAKE-OFF MANEUVER THE STUDENT REACHED DOWN AND BROUGHT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE "UP" POSITION BEFORE THE IP COULD STOP HIM RESULTING IN THE GEAR RETRACTING.  THE IP MANAGED TO KEEP THE MAIN LANDING GEAR FROM RETRACTING BY IMMEDIATELY RETURNING THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION AND REDUCING POWER.  THE NOSE GEAR HOWEVER HAD ALREADY BEGAN TO RETRACT RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N6001R (3)

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

- [Incident 20040126004989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040126004989I), Jan 26, 2004: Beech 76 (N6001R), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated that upon reaching about 65 knots on the take-off roll, he heard a loud noise (bang) and the nose of the aircraft began to settle onto…
- [Incident 20011117031239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011117031239I), Nov 17, 2001: Beech 76 (N6001R), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. (-23) While on the take-off run, just prior to rotation speed, the nose gear retracted. The left and right engine propellers struck the runway surface with…
- [Incident 19981027034299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981027034299I), Oct 27, 1998: Beech 76 (N6001R), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. During touch and go at gullespie field (see), el cajon, CA, the pilots heard a noise coming from the nose landing gear. The aircraft proceeded to Montgomery…

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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