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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Jones Ronald C BEARHAWK · Walters, OK · March 7, 2015

Date: March 7, 2015 · 20:20 local
Place: Walters, OK
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N299BH
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN15CA168
Reported as: Jones Ronald C Bearhawk
Reported engine: Lycoming O-540-A4
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,098 total600 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

N299BHRegistration cancelled May 30, 2018 · Jones Ronald C BEARHAWKS/N 064-121-122-930 · Built 2011 Airframe modelJones Ronald C BEARHAWK Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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On 3/7/2015 the pilot was operating aircraft N299BH from georgetown municipal airport (kgtu) to Jones farm field (OK12) in VFR conditions. Aircraft N299BH is registered as a Bearhawk model aircraft, serial number 064-121-122-930, which is a fix wing single engine aircraft with the certification category as experimental-amateur built.

At approximately 2020 central time, while landing at OK12 the aircraft, N299BH veered off the grass/turfed runway. The aircraft had two people on board which received no injuries. After landing/touchdown while the aircraft was rolling forward, the pilot started applying brakes. The pilot stated he could see the aircraft had begun veering to the right and applied left rudder/brake & left aileron correction, but the aircraft continued to the right, bouncing back into the air and then landing again while departing the runway. The aircraft struck a barbed wire fence & a 2 inch steel-end post set in concrete, about 115 feet to the side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

ON 3/7/2015 THE PILOT WAS OPERATING AIRCRAFT N299BH FROM GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGTU) TO JONES FARM FIELD (OK12) IN VFR CONDITIONS. AIRCRAFT N299BH IS REGISTERED AS A BEARHAWK MODEL AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NUMBER 064-121-122-930, WHICH IS A FIX WING SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT WITH THE CERTIFICATION CATEGORY AS EXPERIMENTAL-AMATEUR BUILT.

AT APPROXIMATELY 2020 CENTRAL TIME, WHILE LANDING AT OK12 THE AIRCRAFT, N299BH VEERED OFF THE GRASS/TURFED RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD WHICH RECEIVED NO INJURIES. AFTER LANDING/TOUCHDOWN WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING FORWARD, THE PILOT STARTED APPLYING BRAKES. THE PILOT STATED HE COULD SEE THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEGUN VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND APPLIED LEFT RUDDER/BRAKE & LEFT AILERON CORRECTION, BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT, BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR AND THEN LANDING AGAIN WHILE DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BARBED WIRE FENCE & A 2 INCH STEEL-END POST SET IN CONCRETE, ABOUT 115 FEET TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN15CA168Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportWalters, OKThe pilot did not maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll at night on an unlit grass strip.Mar 8, 2015 · Substantial damage