# Accident 20161230019639A: Beech 76, Dunnellon, FL, December 30, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2016, 10:10 local time
- Place: Dunnellon, FL
- Airport: Marion County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0650° N, 82.3711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0650&lon=-82.3711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6627U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6627U-2018-07-12) (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 LO-360-A1G6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,146 total, 18 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161230019639A

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING A SHORT FIELD TAKE OFF FROM X35 RUNWAY 05 THE RIGHT ENGINE DUAL MAGNETO FELL OFF CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE AND SEVERE RIGHT ROLL. CREW ELECTED TO REDUCE POWER AND LAND BESIDE THE RUNWAY GEAR UP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING, NOSE, PROPS AND BELLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA17LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA077), Dec 30, 2016: Beech 76 (N6627U), Dunnellon, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadequate 100-hour maintenance inspection that failed to detect and correct loose nuts on a single-drive dual magneto, which led to the subsequent separation of the magneto from the engine during…

## Other reports on N6627U (5)

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

- [Incident 20110606011229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110606011229I), Jun 6, 2011: Beech 76 (N6627U), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. While conducting short field landings the aircraft impacted runway 27 at the Crystal River, FL. The right main gear departed the aircraft. The aircraft…
- [Incident 20091001857219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091001857219I), Oct 1, 2009: Beechcraft 76 (N6627U), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. On 10/01/2009 at approximately 1300 EDT, a BE-76 Beechcraft duchess N6627U, registered to crystal aero group, crystal river Florida, contacted the runway at…
- [Accident 20020613013579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020613013579A), Jun 13, 2002: Beech 76 (N6627U), Prescott, AZ, No damage. (-23) Instructional flight performing touch and go's at the Prescott, AZ airport. During the go portion of a touch and go, the student's door opened just prior…
- [Incident 19881117065829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881117065829I), Nov 17, 1988: Beech 76 (N6627U), Little Rock, AR, Minor damage. Unsafe gear light. Unable to correct. Left gear collapsed on rollout. Found a broken actuator rod.
- [Incident 19871014062899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871014062899I), Oct 14, 1987: Beech 76 (N6627U), Stuttgart, AR, Minor damage. During missed approach, CFI turned boost pump on which flooded the simulated failed engine. Aircraft force landed.

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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