# NTSB NYC84LA109: Beech 77, N38675, West Mifflin, PA, March 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 15, 1984, 13:57 local (18:57 UTC)
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Coordinates: 40.360187, -79.899543 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3602&lon=-79.8995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35514
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35514/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA109

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY AND NOSED OVER. ACCORDING TO THE PLT HE FELT THAT THE ACFT WAS LOW ON FINAL APPROACH AND HE ADDED POWER. AT THIS TIME THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN AND THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ON THE PAVED RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N38675](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38675-2013-07-30), registration cancelled 2013-07-30, S/N WA-257, 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-257
- Airframe hours: 1658
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Allegheny Beechcraft
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: AGC, ALLEGHENY, PA
- Airport: AGC, Allegheny Co., runway 13, 5,000 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 17 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19840315006349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840315006349A), Mar 15, 1984: Beech 77, West Mifflin, PA, Substantial damage. Low and slow on final. Landed nose first short of threshold and stopped inverted on the runway minus the nose gear.

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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