# Accident 20120327003759A: Cessna 441, Battle Creek, MI, March 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2012, 07:50 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: W K Kellogg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3064° N, 85.2500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3064&lon=-85.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1212C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1212C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 441 (registry code 2076020, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-441) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 441
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 13,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120327003759A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 27, 2012, AT 0723 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A CESSNA CONQUEST, CE-441 AIRPLANE, N1212C, WAS DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT BATTLE CREEK, W.K. KELLOGG AIRPORT (BTL), BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY BIL MAR FOODS INC. DBA, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 WITH A FLIGHT PLAN TO AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ARR), AURORA, ILLINOIS. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE BUSINESS FLIGHT WITH ONE PASSENGER AND A CO-PILOT ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MUSKEGON COUNTY AIRPORT (MKG), MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, ABOUT 0723 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT) AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIVERTED TO BTL. ACCORDING TO THE MGK ATCT FRONT LINE MANAGER, WHO WAS ALSO THE TOWER CONTROLLER, THE PILOT TOOK OFF WITH THE TOW BAR STILL ATTACHED TO THE NOSE WHEEL.  UPON GEAR RETRACTION THE NOSE WHEEL JAMMED AND THE PILOT HAD AN INDICATION OF UNSAFE GEAR IN THE COCKPIT.  THE PILOT CONFIRMED WITH HIS GROUND CREW THAT THE TOW BAR WAS MISSING THEN HE DID A FLY BY OF THE TOWER AT MKG.  THE TOWER ADVISED HIM THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED PARTIALLY UP AND THAT SOMETHING WAS HANGING FROM THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO BTL AS THIS AIRPORT HAS REPAIR FACILITIES.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT 0750 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME AT BTL AND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN12CA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA215), Mar 27, 2012: Cessna 441 (N1212C), Battle Creek, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The maintenance technician did not remove the tow bar prior to the flight.

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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