# Accident 20100819055859A: Cessna 414A, Bedford, PA, August 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2010, 07:50 local time
- Place: Bedford, PA
- Airport: Bedford County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0861° N, 78.5133° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0861&lon=-78.5133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77RL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77RL-2011-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA436](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA436) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100819055859A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 19, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 0630 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BEDFORD COUNTY AIRPORT (HMZ), BEDFORD PA, ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE), INDIANAPOLIS, IN.THE VISIBILITY AT HMZ WAS APPROXIMATELY 210 FEET, REPORTED BY A MECHANIC THAT WORKS AT THE AIRPORT.APPROXIMATELY FOUR MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES FOUR TO FIVE MILES FROM HMZ WHILE IN FOG.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED AIRBORNE; THE PILOTS CLIMBED TO 4000' AND CONTACTED CLEVELAND CENTER (ZOB), DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AT JOHNSTOWN PA (JST).  THE MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DID NOT EXTEND.  THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED AND JAMMED DURING THE IMPACT WITH THE TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY ON ROLLOUT.  THE PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WTHOUT INJURY.

## 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 ERA10CA436](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA436), Aug 19, 2010: Cessna 414 (N77RL), Bedford, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to establish a proper climb gradient during a departure in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a collision with trees.

## Other reports on N77RL (1)

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

- [Incident 19920805040589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920805040589I), Aug 5, 1992: Cessna 414A (N77RL), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed taxiing to ramp. Trunnion split in half.

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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