# NTSB CHI85LA012: Beech BE-77, N3730S, Cincinnati, OH, October 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 1984, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Coordinates: 39.109264, -84.50045 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1093&lon=-84.5005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12931
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12931/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA012

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING A LANDING, HE FLARED TOO HIGH, THE ACFT ENTERED A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT & TOUCHED DOWN HARD. HE REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR BECAME BENT, THE ACFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY & STRUCK A CULVERT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3730S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3730S), registered now, S/N WA-115, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-77
- Registry model: [Beech 77](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (registry code 1153007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: WA-115
- Airframe hours: 1918
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Paul Daniels III
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 3, 1984, 27 hours before
- Airport: LUK, Lunken, runway 20R, 3,797 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LUK

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841006056529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841006056529A), Oct 6, 1984: Beech 77, Cincinnati, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot flared too high, stalled aircraft, touched down hard. Aircraft swerved off runway, hit a concrete culvert.

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.

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