# Accident 20200116000079A: Beech 76, St Charles, MO, January 16, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2020, 12:45 local time
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: St Charles County Smartt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: DFJS
- Location: 38.9292° N, 90.4308° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9292&lon=-90.4308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6630D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6630D-2021-07-09) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,788 total, 706 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200116000079A

## Narrative

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

2.2 HOURS OF LESSONS WERE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 36. THE STUDENT WAS RECEIVING MULTI ENGINE TRAINING. THIS LESSON INCLUDED: PREFLIGHT, GROUND OPERATIONS, TAXI, TAKE-OFF, CHECKLIST OPERATIONS, AFTER INADVERTENT PILOT DOOR OPENING IN FLIGHT RETURN FOR LANDING, BASIC MANEUVERS, SLOW FLIGHT, POWER OFF STALLS, POWER ON STALLS ACCELERATED STALLS, STEEP TURNS, VMC DEMO, EMERGENCY DESCENT, SINGLE ENGINE OPERATIONS, VOR RADIAL TRACK, TRAFFIC PATTERN OPERATIONS, AND SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. THE SINGLE RIGHT ENGINE, ZERO THRUST LANDING ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A MISINTERPRETATION OF THE METHOD TO SLOW THE SINKING TO THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT HEARD 'ABORT THE LANDING' WHEN THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR WAS 'ADD A SMALL AMOUNT OF POWER TO THE 'RIGHT' OPERATING ENGINE'. THE RESULT OF THE APPLICATION OF FULL POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE, WAS THE AIRPLANE TURNED LEFT, THE NOSE PITCHED UP, AND A ROLL TO THE LEFT WAS INITIATED. THE LEFT WING TIP DESCENDED INTO THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO ROTATE LEFT FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 YARDS, THEN TURNING APPROXIMATELY 225DEG WHERE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS WERE SHUT DOWN BY CHECKLIST. NO FLUIDS WERE OBSERVED DRAINING BY THE INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT.

## 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 CEN20CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA062), Jan 16, 2020: Beech 76 (N6630D), St. Charles, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction’s misunderstanding of the flight instructor’s instruction and the pilot's and the instructor’s insufficient use of rudder while adding power to the operating engine,…

## Other reports on N6630D (1)

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

- [Accident 20020714015779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020714015779A), Jul 14, 2002: Beech 76 (N6630D), Chamblee, GA, No damage. (-23) Pilot stated he had a hard landing hitting on right MLG first, then striking right wing tip on runway causing the aircraft to bounce back left impacting…

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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