# Incident 20260719009389I: Beech 76, Burnet, TX, July 19, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2026, 10:00 local time
- Place: Burnet, TX
- Airport: Burnet Municipal Airport (Kate
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PQQS
- Location: 30.7389° N, 98.2386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURNET MUNI/KATE CRADDOCK FLD (BMQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7389&lon=-98.2386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3733G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3733G) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260719009389I

## Narrative

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

ON TRAINING FLIGHT IN THE PATTERN OF KBMQ WHILE TURNING BASE TO FINAL AIRCRAFT ON THIRD LANDING ITERATION. CFI STATED THAT AIRCRAFT WERE EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL LOAD DEMAND ISSUES. THE CFI AND STUDENT PILOT SMELLED FUMES AND STATED THAT THE LANDING GEARS INDICATION LIGHTS WERE VERIFIED DURING THE LANDING CHECKS, INDICATING THREE GREEN AND ZERO RED; THE CFI VERIFIED THAT NO CIRCUIT BRAKERS WERE POPPED, ON SHORT FINAL THE SMELL OF FUMES/BURNING INTENSIFIED. UPON LANDING THE PILOT ON THE CONTROLS , CO-PILOT/STUDENT, HEARD A SCREECH FROM PROPS HITTING RUNWAY SURFACE; A SEPARATE AIRCRAFT AWAITING TAKEOFF, TAXIED TO INCIDENT AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY TO CHECK ON ITS STATUS AND INFORMED THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT’S CREW; THEY CONVEYED TO THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT CREW THAT THEY DIDN’T SEE THE GEARS DOWN ON THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT AS IT CROSSED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD; BELIEVING THAT THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING A LOW APPROACH, IS WHY THEY DIDN’T INFORM INCIDENT AIRCRAFT VIA RADIO THAT THE GEAR WERE NOT EXTENDED; POST MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES SHOWED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION; LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS EXTENDED, THE LANDING LANDING GEAR MOTOR HAD EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING AND HYDRAULIC POWER PACK  WAS FULLY SERVICED; THAT LANDING GEAR COULD BE LOWERED AND COULD BE LOCKED VIA EXTENDED USING THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES AND THAT ALL INDICATING LIGHTS WERE OPERATIONAL. NO MECHANICAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO LANDING GEAR. BASED ON THE STATEMENTS OF THE CREW AND POST MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, IT IS DETERMINATION THAT THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT IS INCONCLUSIVE; IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS GAINED THAT WILL ASSIST IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE CAUSE, THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED.

## Other reports on N3733G (2)

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

- [Incident 20190920019389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190920019389I), Sep 20, 2019: Beech 76 (N3733G), Georgetown, TX, Minor damage. On September 20, 2019 at 14:30 CDT, a Beechcraft B-76 duchess,N3733G registered to pilots choice aviation equipment leasing co, Georgetown, TX with pilot (CFI)…
- [Incident 20030205005169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030205005169I), Feb 5, 2003: Beech 76 (N3733G), Georgetown, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On this aircraft's first flight after being painted, the nose gear would not extend. The main gear was locked down ok. The aircraft landed at Georgetown…

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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