# Incident 20170213002309I: Beech 76, Fort Pierce, FL, February 13, 2017 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 13, 2017, 21:45 local time - Place: Fort Pierce, FL - Airport: Treasure Coast International A - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141) - Operator: BEJS - Location: 27.4975° N, 80.3726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TREASURE COAST INTL (FPR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4975&lon=-80.3726&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6003Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6003Y) (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&LO-360 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 70 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170213002309I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON FEBRUARY 13, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 2145 LOCAL TIME, N6003Y WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR COLLAPSE UPON LANDING ON 10 LEFT AT KFPR. THE FLIGHT CONDUCTED WAS INSTRUCTIONAL OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 141 WITH A STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD. DURING AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH BOTH THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR IT WAS STATED THAT THEY WERE CONDUCTING FULL STOP LANDINGS WITH TAXI BACK TO THE RUNWAY FOR EACH LAP IN THE PATTERN. IT WAS ON THEIR THIRD LANDING THAT THEY FELT THE LANDING GEAR GIVE WAY. BOTH STATED ON THE INCIDENT LAP AROUND THE PATTERN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS CONFIRMED AND VERIFIED DOWN WITH THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND NO GEAR WARNING INDICATION LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. ON FEBRUARY 14, 2017 THE FAA IIC AND MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR ARRIVED ON SCENE. N6003Y WAS ON JACKS TO PERFORM GEAR RETRACTION CHECKS AND TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. NUMEROUS GEAR RETRACTION CHECKS WERE OBSERVED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. SIDE LOADS WERE APPLIED TO THE MAIN GEAR AFTER EXTENSION TO ENSURE INTEGRITY OF THE DOWN LOCK/SIDE BRACES WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE DOWN LOCK SWITCH ACTUATION POINTS WERE CHECKED RELATIVE TO DOWN LOCK ENGAGEMENT WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE LEFT PROPELLER BLADES WERE FOUND SIGNIFICANTLY BENT FORWARD INDICATING THE ENGINE WAS MAKING SIGNIFICANT POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE RIGHT PROPELLER HAD ONE BLADE BENT FORWARD AND ONE AFT. OTHER DAMAGE INCLUDED CHAFFING OF THE BELLY SKINS JUST AFT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AS WELL AS CHAFFING OF BELLY SKINS AT THE WING SPAR ACCESS PANEL. THE NOSE LANDING GEARS, FLAP HANGERS, BELLY ANTENNAS, EXHAUST PIPES AND THE CABIN STEP WERE ALL DAMAGED AS WELL. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM DOES NOT UTILIZE A WEIGHT ON WHEELS SWITCH TO ACTUATE THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM; HOWEVER, IT CAN BE ACTUATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 KNOTS OF AIRFLOW THROUGH THE PITOT TUBE. THE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH A PREMATURE GEAR RETRACTION DURING THE TAKEOFF PORTION OF A TOUCH AND GO ATTEMPT. ## Other reports on N6003Y (5) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20120227002779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120227002779I), Feb 27, 2012: Beech 76 (N6003Y), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. During a training flight the instructor simulated an engine failure (left engine) on approach into kfpr. The tower cleared the aicraft to land on runway 10… - [Incident 20110930022249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110930022249I), Sep 30, 2011: Beech 76 (N6003Y), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. At aprox. 1 1/2 miles pilot requested visual landing to rwy 10R, check list was completed and pilot lowered gear and got 3 green which was verified by safety… - [Incident 20100513036669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100513036669I), May 13, 2010: Beech 76 (N6003Y), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. On the may 5, 2010, Mr. Omar alsamaan and Mr. Sivakumaran kandasamy were flying N6003Y returning from gainsville regiona airport (kgnv). Mr. Omar alsamaan was… - [Accident 20010521010129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010521010129A), May 21, 2001: Beech 76 (N6003Y), Tulsa, OK, Substantial damage. (.19)On may 21, 2001, at 0840 central daylight time, a Beech 76 airplane, N6003Y, registered to and operated by christiansen aviation, inc. of wilmington,… - [Incident 19821108065979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821108065979I), Nov 8, 1982: Beech 76 (N6003Y), League City, TX, Minor damage. Student inadvertently retracted the landing gear on touch and go. CFI had no time to intervene. 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. 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