# Incident 20130219002309I: Beech 76, New Smyrna, FL, February 19, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2013, 11:36 local time
- Place: New Smyrna, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0503° N, 80.9331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Smyrna, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0503&lon=-80.9331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6632D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6632D-2018-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- Reported engine: LYCOMING
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130219002309I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT PRACTICING FLIGHT MANEUVERS WHEN HE SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN POSITION  THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED BUT THE NOSE DID NOT. THE PILOT DID A 'FLY-BY' AT HIS HOME BASE KEVB AND THE TOWER STATED IT LOOKED LIKE THE NOSE GEAR WAS UP. THE PILOT PRECEEDED TO A PRACTICE AREA IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE GEAR DOWN BY 'G-FORCES' BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO KEVB AND LAND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE MAIN GEAR WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE, NOSE CONE BULKHEAD, NLG GEAR DOORS, AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER TOOK A STRIKE ON BOTH BLADES. THE LEFT PROPELLER WAS FEATHERED AND HORIZONTAL AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED AFTER LANDING TO THE LEFT SIDE.

## Other reports on N6632D (1)

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

- [Incident 19910422016889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910422016889I), Apr 22, 1991: Beech 76 (N6632D), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Knee hit gear handle prior to liftoff. Nose gear collapsed. Lifted off and lowered gear. Safety detent failed.

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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