# Incident 20171224024239I: Beech 76, Orlando, FL, December 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2017, 22:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6002L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6002L) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171224024239I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 241\ 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 LOCAL TIME, N6002LI WAS DOWNWIND FOR FULL STOP LANDING ON RWY 25 AT ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KORL). UPON EXTENDING LANDING GEAR, THE NOSE GEAR LOCKED LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE AND THE INTRANSIT LIGHT WAS FAILED TO EXTINGUISH. THE PILOT ADVISED THE TOWER HE HAD AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AND WAS GOING AROUND. PILOT REMANED IN PATTER TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. NO CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE POPPED.  THE GEAR WAS RECYCLED WITH THE SAME INDICATION.  THE PILOT PULLED OUT THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE EXTENSION AND ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR BY FOLLOWING POH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES SECTION 3-13, THE LG INDICATED UNSAFE. ON A LOW APPROACH KORL TWR ADVISED THAT NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN, AS WELL AS AIRPORT OPS 1419 CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS OPEN BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN THE UP POSITION.  ON SHORT FINAL PILOT SWITCH THE ENGINES OFF AND SECURED THE COCKPIT TOUCHING DOWN WITH THE MAIN GEARS EXTENDED.  THE PLANE HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE GEAR DOORS AND NOSE CONE. BULKHEADS WERE FREE FROM STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. ONE BLADE ON EACH ENGINE TIP WAS BENT.  NO INJURIES

## Other reports on N6002L (2)

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

- [Incident 20170508007599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170508007599I), May 8, 2017: Beech 76 (N6002L), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. During taxi of the aircraft in the airport run-up area the left propeller contacted a taxi light causing damage to the propeller. The incident occurred at…
- [Incident 19910518022589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910518022589I), May 18, 1991: Beech 76 (N6002L), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Bus tie fuse bad. Intermittent operation of power pack motor which controls gear.

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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