# Incident 20161122020949I: Beech 76, St Augustine, FL, November 22, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: Northeast Florida Regional Air
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 5FFS
- Location: 29.9592° N, 81.3398° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Northeast Florida Regional Airport (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9592&lon=-81.3398&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: 1,777 total, 334 in this make and model, 191 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161122020949I

## Narrative

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

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 PART 141 BY FLORIDA FLYERS US EUROPEAN FLIGHT SCHOOL INC. WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO MANUEVERS AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA  REGIONAL AIRPORT (SGJ), THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT HAD JUST SUCESSFULLY PERFORMED 3 COMPLETE TOUCH AND GOS AND HAD JUST TOUCHED DOWN ON THE 4TH WHEN THE STUDENT CALLED "FLAPS" BUT RAISED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER VICE FLAP LEVER, THE NOSE GEAR COLLASPED BUT MAIN LANDING GEAR STAYED EXTENDED.    THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND BOTH PROPELLERS HIT THE GROUND CAUSE SUDDEN ENGINE STOP.  THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR WERE UNINJURED.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDISTIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SGJ AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 NOVEMBER 22, 2016

## Other reports on N6706Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20140302001979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140302001979I), Mar 2, 2014: Beech 76 (N6706Z), St. Augustine, FL, Minor damage. The flight instructor and student were practicing maneuvers in the west practice area. They were practicing slow flight maneuver in landing configurations,…

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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