# Accident 20180309000119A: Beech 76, Oshkosh, WI, March 9, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2018, 14:21 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 4FVS
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N969RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N969RA) (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: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,001 total, 420 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA171) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180309000119A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 9, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 LOCAL TIME, A BEECH MODEL 76, REGISTRATION NUMBER N969RA OPERATED BY FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP AT WITTMAN REGIONAL AIRPORT (OSH) OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN. THE STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE ON A LEFT PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 36 WITH ONE ENGINE AT IDLE, PRACTICING A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT PROCEDURE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH GEAR IN THE UP POSITION STOPPING ON THE CENTERLINE FOR RUNWAY 36 CLOSE TO TAXIWAY 4. THE STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD REPORTED NO INJURIES. DAY VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 GAA18CA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA171), Mar 9, 2018: Beech 76 (N969RA), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear and the flight instructor’s failure to ensure that the landing gear were extended during landing. Contributing to the accident were the pilot’s and the…

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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