- Date
- April 16, 1983, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3711NBeech 76
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830416014309A
- Case key
- 30875
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
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 The pilot stated that at about 100 feet AGL after the gear had been retracted the pilots door came open.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 against his left arm & side. He elected to land on the remaining runway and failed to extend the gear for the landing. The acft was landed gear up. The pilot stated that the gear warning horn did not operate. Investigation revealed that the gear warning horn and landing gear system operated normally. Also the manufacturer revealed that this acft handles quite well with the door open in flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3711N
- Reported as
- Beech 76
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ME 375
- Airframe hours
- 435
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1G6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Obie P. Moore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Destination
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PNS · Pensacola Regional, runway 34, 7,002 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 270 total · 162 in this make and model · 153 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.