# Incident 20120923021469I: Beech 76, Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 23, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2012, 15:27 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66340, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66340) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120923021469I

## Narrative

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

DURING TRAINING FLIGHT IN MULTIENGINE AIRCRAFT, PIC PERFORMED  INFLIGHT SHUTDOWN OF RIGHT ENGINE USING  EMERGENCY CHECKLIST TO SIMULATE ENGINE FAILURE. DURING THE ATTEMPT TO RESTART ENGINE  PROPELLER WOULD NOT UNFEATHER. MULTIPLE  ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RESTART ENGINE USING EMERGENCY CHECKLIST PROCEDURES WITH NO SUCCESS. PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INCIDENT. AN INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON  BOTH PROP UNFEATHERING ACCUMULATORS WITH NO DEFECTS  NOTED. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE MAINTENANCE CHANGED THE OIL AND FILTERS ON BOTH  ENGINES. A TEST FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AND BOTH ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO INCIDENT.REVIEWED  MAINT LOG AND VERIFIED THAT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N66340 (2)

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

- [Accident 20180709009479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180709009479A), Jul 9, 2018: Beech 76 (N66340), Fort Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. PIC under instruction from the CFI upon approach to fxe runway 9, landing gear was lowered, PIC & CFI failed to notice the increased sink rate causing the…
- [Incident 19940212006909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940212006909I), Feb 12, 1994: Beech 76 (N66340), Show Low, AZ, Minor damage. Instructor stated student pilot made hard landing due to wind shear. Propeller struck runway.

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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