# NTSB MIA01LA173: Beech 77, N3818D, Rock Hill, SC, June 24, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 24, 2001, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC) - Place: Rock Hill, SC - Coordinates: 34.969196, -81.079978 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9692&lon=-81.0800&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 27, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 52566 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA01LA173 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52566/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA173 ## Probable cause The poor weather evaluation by the pilot for landing with a tailwind and failure of the pilot to perform a go-around after the first bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - weather evaluation - poor, pilot in command (cause) - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - ditch ## Analysis The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport for his first flight into the grass airstrip. The windsock indicated that the wind was variable at 6-7 knots from the north. He elected to land to the west and maintained 60 knots on final approach with the flaps fully extended. The flight touched down about 1/3 the way down the 2,700-foot-long runway but became airborne. The airplane then touched down again and he applied the brakes which he felt was having no effect on stopping the airplane. He stated, "I felt as though I was being pushed down the runway by a tailwind." The airplane veered to the left which he corrected back to centerline but was unable to stop the airplane before it rolled into a 3-foot ditch located at the departure end of the runway. He reported that he didn't think there was a brake malfunction. A METAR weather observation taken at the departure airport about 9 minutes after the accident indicates in part that the wind was from 070 degrees at 9 knots. The accident airstrip is located approximately 5 nautical miles south-southwest of the departure airport. ## Factual narrative On June 24, 2001, about 1145 eastern daylight time, a Beech 77, N3818D, registered to a private individual, collided with a ditch during the landing roll at a private airstrip named County Squire Field, located approximately 5 nautical miles south of Rock Hill, South Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated about 5 minutes earlier from Rock Hill/York County Bryant Field Airport, Rock Hill, South Carolina. The pilot stated that the flight proceeded to the destination airport for his first flight into the grass airstrip. The windsock indicated that the wind was variable at 6-7 knots from the north. He elected to land to the west and maintained 60 knots on final approach with the flaps fully extended. The flight touched down about 1/3 the way down the 2,700-foot-long runway but became airborne. The airplane then touched down again and he applied the brakes which he felt was having no effect on stopping the airplane. He stated, "I felt as though I was being pushed down the runway by a tailwind." The airplane veered to the left which he corrected back to centerline but was unable to stop the airplane before it rolled into a 3-foot ditch located at the departure end of the runway. He reported that he didn't think there was a brake malfunction. A METAR weather observation taken at the departure airport about 9 minutes after the accident indicates in part that the wind was from 070 degrees at 9 knots. The accident airstrip is located approximately 5 nautical miles south-southwest of the departure airport. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3818D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3818D-2013-10-31), registration cancelled 2013-10-31, S/N WA-221, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 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-221 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Richard D. Shepard - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: UZA, Rock Hill, SC - Destination: SC67, Rock Hill, SC - Airport: SC67, Country Squire Airport, runway 27, 2,700 × 100 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 21; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review June 8, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 77 total, 30 in this make and model, 44 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC) - Wind: 70° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.12 inHg - Observed at: UZA, 5 nm away ## 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 20010624023229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010624023229A), Jun 24, 2001: Beech 77, Rock Hill, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 24, 2001 at 1145 EST, a Beech skipper, BE-77, N3818D on landing at the country Squire airport (private), Rock Hill, SC, bounced, lost control and… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.