# Incident 20140302001979I: Beech 76, St. Augustine, FL, March 2, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2014, 19:00 local time
- Place: St. Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 5FFS
- Location: 29.9593° N, 81.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST AUGUSTINE (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9593&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6706Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6706Z-2020-07-17) (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: 413 total, 40 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140302001979I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PRACTICING MANEUVERS IN THE WEST PRACTICE AREA. THEY WERE PRACTICING SLOW FLIGHT MANEUVER IN LANDING CONFIGURATIONS, UPON WHICH DURING THE SECOND PRACTICE THEY NOTICE THAT WHEN THEY EXTENDED THE GEARS IT WAS INDICATING THE MAIN GEAR SAFE AND RED FOR THE NOSE GEAR. THE INSTRUCTOR TRIED TO CYCLE THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. THEY NOTICED THAT THE GEAR DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THE INSTRUCTOR CONTACTED THE ST. AUGUSTINE TOWER TO NOTIFY THEM OF THEIR CURRENT POSITION AND SITUATION. THE TOWER CONTACTED THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR AND NOTIFIED THEM OF THE SITUATION. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR AND MECHANIC TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS. THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR RECOMMENDED THE PILOT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE MAIN GEAR ONLY. THE TOWER GAVE THE INSTRUCTOR CLEARANCE TO LAND. THE INSTRUCTOR FOLLOWED THE AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND ENSURED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE RIGHT CONFIGURATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS MAIN GEAR CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE, NOSE DOORS, BOTH ENGINE PROPELLERS AND SMALL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WALKED AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS OR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N6706Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20161122020949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161122020949I), Nov 22, 2016: Beech 76 (N6706Z), St Augustine, FL, Minor damage. On November 22, 2016 at approximately 1530 EDT a Beech, BE-76, N6706Z registered to christiansen aviation inc. and used for flight instruction under 14 CFR…

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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