# Incident 20130913022529I: Beech 76, Modesto, CA, September 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2013, 20:30 local time
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NN3S
- Location: 37.6391° N, 120.9969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Modesto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6391&lon=-120.9969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6714R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6714R-2019-12-06) (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, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 795 total, 91 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130913022529I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS WORKING WITH A STUDENT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) ON A COMMERCIAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT THE NIGHT SKY WAS CLEAR OF CLOUDS WITH LITTLE TO NO WIND.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OBSERVED THE STUDENT MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RUNWAY 28R.  WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED THE STUDENT WAS DIVERGING FROM THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERED BY THE STUDENT ONTO A LOW AND LONG FINAL APPROACH AT WHICH POINT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO ?ADD POWER TO GET BACK ON THE GLIDE PATH?.  THE AIRPLANE WAS RE-ESTABLISHED ON GLIDE PATH AT APPROXIMATELY ¾ MILE FROM THE THRESHOLD (THE VASI WAS NOT OPERATIONAL FOR RUNWAY 28R).  THE STUDENT MAINTAINED THE GLIDE PATH TO THE RUNWAY AND UPON REACHING APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET THE STUDENT PULLED THE POWER TO IDLE.  THE STUDENT MAINTAINED A LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT SANK TO THE RUNWAY AND CONSEQUENTLY MADE A HARD LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET INTO THE AIR BEFORE LANDING AGAIN ON THE RUNWAY.  AT NO TIME DID ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE SELF-SERVE FUEL ISLAND AND REFUELED.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND DURING PRE-FLIGHT FOR THE RETURN TRIP IT WAS NOTICED THAT BOTH PROPELLERS HAD BEEN DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MENTIONED THAT HE LIKES TO LET THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE BAD LANDINGS SO THAT THEY CAN DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED AND LEARN FROM THE MISTAKE, AND THAT IS WHY THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6714R (2)

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

- [Incident 20030211002199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030211002199I), Feb 11, 2003: Beech 76 (N6714R), Norwood, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Nose gear collapsed on take off from Norwood airport (owd) runway 28 both engines had prop strikes. Aircraft became airborne. Pilot declared an emergency…
- [Incident 19910429046559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910429046559I), Apr 29, 1991: Beech 76 (N6714R), Marble Falls, TX, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot stated gear lever in down position. Operated normally when tested.

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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