# Accident 20180427004209A: Beech 76, Vacaville, CA, April 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2018, 12:00 local time
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Nut Tree
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 38.3783° N, 121.9611° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3783&lon=-121.9611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54V) (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: 900 total, 60 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA239) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180427004209A

## Narrative

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

CFI REPORTED THAT THEY CONDUCTED 4 PREVIOUS LANDINGS UNEVENTFULLY TO A FULL STOP AND THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE 5TH LANDING, WHICH WAS THE FIRST SINGLE-ENGINE APPROACH FOR THE STUDENT.  THE CFI STATED THAT HE PULLED THE LEFT ENGINE TO ZERO THRUST ABOUT MID FIELD RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 20, AND THE STUDENT STARTED HIS CHECKLISTS, HOWEVER, BECAME FOCUSED INSIDE, AND ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE DRIFT TOWARD THE RUNWAY.  THE CFI SAID THAT HE REMINDED THE STUDENT TO LOOK OUTSIDE, FLY THE AIRPLANE, WHILE DOING HIS CHECKS, AND WHILE ON BASE TO FINAL, THE STUDENT ENGAGED THE CFI IN CONVERSATION ABOUT SINGLE-ENGINE OPS.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 20.  THE CFI STATED THAT THEY ?DID NOT PUT THE GEAR DOWN? AND THAT HE DIDN?T HEAR THE WARNING HORN UNTIL THEY WERE SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY.  NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 GAA18CA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA239), Apr 27, 2018: Beech 76 (N54V), Vacaville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot under instruction’s failure to extend the landing gear and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision and failure to ensure that the landing gear was extended.

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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