# Accident 20150307003749A: Jones Ronald C BEARHAWK, Walters, OK, March 7, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2015, 20:20 local time
- Place: Walters, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4003° N, 98.2672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4003&lon=-98.2672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N299BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N299BH-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jones Ronald C BEARHAWK (registry code 05630IC, https://openairdocs.org/model/jones-ronald-c-bearhawk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JONES RONALD C BEARHAWK
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-A4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,098 total, 600 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150307003749A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN15CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA168), Mar 8, 2015: Jones Ronald C Bearhawk (N299BH), Walters, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll at night on an unlit grass strip.

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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