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Beech 76 Duchess, G-BOFC, 13 June 2003

Air Accidents (AAIB)

Published on 10 December 2014, 20:53

Summary
aircraft category
general-aviation-fixed-wing
aircraft type
BEECH 76
bulk published
1
date of occurrence
2003-06-13
location
Runway 26, Exeter Airport, Devon
registration
G-BOFC
report type
correspondence-investigation

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Beech 76 Duchess, G-BOFC

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1 Beech 76 Duchess, G-BOFC AAIB Bulletin No: 8/2003 Ref: EW/G2003/06/08 Category: 1.3 Aircraft Type and Registration: Beech 76 Duchess, G-BOFC No & Type of Engines: 2 Lycoming LO-360-A1G6D piston engines Year of Manufacture: 1979 Date & Time (UTC): 13 June 2003 at 1007 hrs Location: Runway 26, Exeter Airport, Devon Type of Flight: Training Persons on Board: Crew - 2 Passengers - None Injuries: Crew - None Passengers - N/A Nature of Damage: Both propellers bent and engines shock loaded. Lower fuselage damage Commander's Licence: Airline Transport Pilot's Licence Commander's Age: 61 years Commander's Flying Experience: 11,984 hours (of which 2,500 were on type) Last 90 days - 141 hours Last 28 days - 71 hours Information Source: Aircraft Accident Report Form submitted by the pilot This training flight was planned to culminate with a series of circuits and landings on the dry asphalt surface of Runway 26 (LDA 2,307 metres) at Exeter airport. The meteorological conditions were CAVOK with a variable 5 kt surface wind. The student was the handling pilot as the aircraft entered a low level circuit for a touch and go landing. The initial flap setting of 10° was selected on the downwind leg as part of the landing checks. A normal base leg was flown and the aircraft was lined up with the runway at 400 feet, full flap was selected at 200 feet. Neither pilot checked that the landing gear was down and the aircraft landed with its gear still retracted. Both pilots were uninjured. The commander recalls first hearing the gear warning horn as the aircraft came to a halt on the runway. This aural warning is initiated when full flap is selected and the landing gear is not down and locked. The commander reported that, "the late selection of full flap ensured that the gear warning horn sounded at a late stage of the approach when the pilot's attention was absorbed by the impending touchdown".

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G-BOFC BEECH 76 Runway 26, Exeter Airport, Devon