# NTSB investigations: Beech 76 NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. Page 2 of 2 · 83 cases ## Cases, newest first - [NTSB FTW98FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA215.md): Beech 76 · Frisco, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 12, 1998 · N6701C · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain control resulting in an inadvertent stall while performing simulated single engine maneuvers during a practical test for a multiengine rating. - [NTSB CHI97FA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA290.md): Beech 76 · West Lafayette, IN · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 12, 1997 · N18562 · Destroyed > the inadvertent stall. A related factor was the instructor pilot's failure to ensure the elevator trim was reset for takeoff. - [NTSB CHI97FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA252.md): Beech 76 · New Richmond, WI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1997 · N18960 · Destroyed > The certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision and delayed remedial action and the flight crew's lack of aircraft control. A factor was loss of control while maneuvering downwind by one of the pilot's. - [NTSB FTW96LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA304.md): Beech 76 · Falcon, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 15, 1996 · N6708A · Substantial damage > A loss of engine power due to the pilot's inaccurate fuel consumption calculation, and his failure to properly identify the area of intended landing as an airport. A factor was the misrouting of the fuel line by unknown persons. - [NTSB BFO94FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA120.md): Beech 76 · Elizabeth, PA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 28, 1994 · N6004E · Destroyed > 1) The failure of the pilot-in-command (CFI) to provide adequate supervision of the dual student during a simulated single-engine approach, and 2) his failure to perform remedial action. This led to a loss of aircraft control in close proximity to the ground.… - [NTSB LAX94LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA092.md): Beech 76 · Avalon, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 3, 1994 · N8013Y · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to see and avoid the powerlines. A related factor was the pilot's poor judgment in flying at low altitude. - [NTSB LAX94LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA029.md): Beech 76 · Livermore, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 26, 1993 · N6626X · Substantial damage > the dual student's improper use of the throttle and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. - [NTSB LAX94LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA021.md): Beech 76 · Scottsdale, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 22, 1993 · N5148M · Substantial damage > the flight instructor's failure to adequately supervise the flight, follow proper procedures/directives regarding leaning and clearing the idling engine, and his delay in applying power to the idling engine. The fouled spark plugs were a factor in this… - [NTSB SEA93LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA172.md): Beech 76 · Portland, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1993 · N3692X · Substantial damage > Jamming of the nose landing gear assembly and the pilot-in-command not maintaining the proper glidepath during the nose gear up landing. - [NTSB ATL93LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA035.md): Beech 76 · Savannah, GA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 1992 · N38037 · Substantial damage > The pilot's poor preflight and inflight planning. - [NTSB LAX92FA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA389.md): Beech 76 · Mount Shasta, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1992 · N5269M · Destroyed > The pilot's improper en route decision to alter his course and to proceed over a mountainous area with inadequate altitude to clear the rising terrain. - [NTSB NYC92LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA178.md): Beech 76 · Nantucket, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1992 · N67052 · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat, resulting in carburetor ice and loss of engine power and subsequent forced landing in the ocean. - [NTSB FTW92LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA154.md): Beech 76 · Sherman, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 8, 1992 · N6003V · Substantial damage > The instructor pilot's delayed remedial action, improper configuration, and inadvertent stall. - [NTSB LAX91LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA328.md): Beech 76 · Sacramento, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 24, 1991 · N6045M · Substantial damage > A fatigue failure of the landing gear strut due to an inadequate design by the manufacturer. Contributing to the accident was maintenance personnel not having completed an inspection of the gear strut, in accordance with the manufacturer's service bulletin. - [NTSB FTW90LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA134.md): Beech BE-76 · Gainsville, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1990 · N2008A · Substantial damage > Fuel exhaustion due to inadequate planning by the pilot. - [NTSB MIA90LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA079.md): Beech 76 · Boca Raton, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 1990 · N330AC · Substantial damage > Improper remedial action by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was: loss of engine power in the right engine due to an undetermined reason. - [NTSB FTW90LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA076.md): Beech 76 · Mesquite, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 1990 · N5433M · Substantial damage > The flight instructor's (cfi's) poor planning/decision, and his inadequate supervison of flight. - [NTSB LAX88FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA264.md): Beech 76 · Portola Valley, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 1988 · N2074M · Destroyed > While dining with friends with whom he resided, the pilot told them that he was 'going flying'. At the completion of the flight he would fly over the house before he returned to palo alto airport (pao). The pilot twice circled the residence which is abt 7… - [NTSB MIA86LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA191.md): Beech 76 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 25, 1986 · N313RM · Substantial damage > The plt stated that just as he rotated the acft for takeoff, the cabin door popped open. The acft then struck the ground hard in a nose down attitude, sheared off the main landing gear and slid to a stop on the runwy. According to the emergency procedures in… - [NTSB SEA86LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA101.md): Beech 76 · Troutdale, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 14, 1986 · N5095M · Substantial damage > The acft was substantially damaged during a hard landing performed by the multi-enging student during a dual instructional flt. - [NTSB DEN85LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA220.md): Beech 76 · Sula, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 15, 1985 · N3865U · Substantial damage > Plt stated that he overflew airstrip to 'make sure it was clear.' During the landing roll, he saw shrubbery on the rwy and attempted evasive action. The acft veered left and the left main gear rolled into a drainage ditch and the left wing contacted a fence… - [NTSB DEN85LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA071.md): Beech 76 · Grand Forks, ND · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 27, 1985 · N1850S · Substantial damage > On Sunday 1/27/85 at approximately 0849 MST, a Beech DUCHESSN1850S, on lease to the university of north dakota crashed after takeoff from the Grand Forks airport, Grand Forks, ND.the student pilot and certified flight instructore were not injured. Two… - [NTSB NYC84LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA112.md): Beech 76 · Pittsburgh, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 17, 1984 · N6697L · Substantial damage > During the takeoff portion of a touch-&-go, the student plt forgot to raise the flaps. The instructor (CFI) yelled at the student '...the flaps', & at the same time, reached for the flaps with his right hand under the control wheel. Subsequently, the left… - [NTSB NYC84FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA090.md): Beech 76 · Beverly, MA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 22, 1984 · N60132 · Destroyed > A commercially rated plt (student) was receiving multi-eng training from an instructor plt (CFI). The student stated that on final apch to landing, he noticed the airspeed was slow when the CFI shut down the right eng by using the mixture control. The acft… - [NTSB NYC83FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA144.md): Beech 76 · Moultonboro, NH · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 1983 · N794Y · Destroyed > After making an instrument acph to laconia, NH, the plt landed, phoned his wife & advised her of his intention to fly to Moultonboro, NH. After taking off, he advised Moultonboro UNICOM that he had departed laconia & was over a nearby lake, but was having a… - [NTSB MIA83LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA124.md): Beech 76 · Pensacola, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 16, 1983 · N3711N · Substantial damage > The acft was landed with the gear retracted after a door opened during takeoff. The pilot stated that at about 100 feet AGL after the gear had been retracted the pilots door came open. According to the pilot the acft became erratic with thedoor banging… - [NTSB LAX82DA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA363.md): Beech 76 · Big Sur, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 30, 1982 · N6718X · Substantial damage > Reportedly, a small flock of birds were encountered while cruising at 8000 ft MSL. One or more of the birds struck the cowling and windshield which resulted in a hole in the top right side of the windshield. The pilot diverted and landed at monterey, CA… - [NTSB SEA82DYK03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYK03.md): Beech 76 · Sutherlin, OR · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Oct 30, 1981 · N60037 · Substantial damage - [NTSB DEN81FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA012.md): Beech 76 · Morgan, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Closed · Nov 23, 1980 · N6048Y · Destroyed - [NTSB MKC80DCD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCD24.md): Beech 76 · Sioux City, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 27, 1980 · N6753D · Substantial damage - [NTSB FTW80DPG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPG08.md): Beech 76 · Hot Springs, AR · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 17, 1979 · N6014E · Substantial damage - [NTSB CHI80FEE08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEE08.md): Beech 76 · West Chicago, IL · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Nov 25, 1979 · N6038Y · Substantial damage - [NTSB LAX78FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA044.md): Beech 76 · Ramoma, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Closed · Apr 25, 1978 · N176LD · Destroyed ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('1153005')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=1153005&page=2 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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