# Accident 20140927019669A: Beech D55, Hazleton, PA, September 27, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hazleton, PA
- Airport: Hazleton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9867° N, 75.9950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9867&lon=-75.9950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222JJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222JJ-2018-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA463](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA463) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140927019669A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED RWY 28 AT HZL, DEPARTED LEFT EDGE AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET FROM APPROACH END, 50 FEET FROM RUNWAY EDGE,  ON A HEADING OF 230; WITH BOTH MAIN GEARS COLLAPSED AND NOSE EXTENDED A POINT WHERE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.

LEFT TIRE SKID MARK MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, FOLLOWED BY A GAP, FOLLOWED BY MARKS FROM A FLAT TIRE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 750 FEET TO POINT OF DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY. APPROXIMATELY 30 EVENLY SPACED PROP SCARS ARE VISIBLE ADJACENT TO THE LEFT WHEEL GROUND SCAR APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AFTER RUNWAY DEPARTURE.

EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT AFTER RECOVERY TO HANGER SHOWED LEFT TIRE FLAT WITH A 1 INCH HOLE WORN THROUGH SURROUNDED BY SKID FLAT SPOT. LEFT PROPELLER TIPS CURLED APPROXIMATELY 160 DEGREES WITH PITCH CHANGE MECHANISM FAILURE. RIGHT PROP ALL BLADES BENT MID SPAN AND ONE CURLED. BOTH GEAR DOORS CRUSHED INTO WELLS FROM CENTER, NO EDGE GRINDING. EMPENNAGE DAMAGE FROM WING TRAILING EDGE TO TAIL INCLUDES LARGE GASHES AND PUNCTURES, LEFT SIDE BUCKLED, AND SEVERAL BUCKLED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS. LEFT WING FORWARD SPAR BUCKLED JUST INBOARD OF WING EXTENSION SPLICE, SKIN PUNCTURED.. BOTH MAIN GEAR PUSHRODS ARE BENT AT THE TRANSMISSION. LEFT AILERON AND BOTH FLAPS ARE DAMAGED.

AILERON, RUDDER, AND ELEVATOR CONTROLS ARE CONTINUOUS AND CORRECT. NO DEFECTS NOTED WITH BRAKE SYSTEM. LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION IS IN THE DOWN LOCKED POSITION.

## 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 ERA14CA463](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA463), Sep 27, 2014: Beech D55 (N222JJ), Hazleton, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The brake application for unknown reasons resulting in rupture of the left main landing gear tire and tube, and subsequent loss of directional control.

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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