# NTSB NYC95LA155: Beech 77, N67212, Celina, OH, July 12, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 12, 1995, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Celina, OH
- Coordinates: 40.549144, -84.569725 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5491&lon=-84.5697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1996
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC95LA155
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38999/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA155

## Probable cause

failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during the landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - attempted, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - aborted
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON THE SECOND LEG OF HIS SECOND SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING, HE 'FELT' THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, AND HE LET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN. THE LEFT WING AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR THEN CAME UP. HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND 'STARTED TO PULL UP.'  THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE, VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND STRUCK A MOUND OF DIRT, THEN IT CONTINUED INTO A CORNFIELD AND NOSED OVER.

## Factual narrative

On July 12, 1995, about 1130 eastern daylight time, a Beech 77, N67212, nosed over during the landing roll at the Celina Airport (CQA), Celina, Ohio.  The airplane was substantially damaged.  The student pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan had been filed.  The solo training flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

The student pilot had flown to Marion, Indiana and was on the second leg, of his second, solo cross country.  After touching down on runway 26, the pilot stated that he felt the main landing gear touchdown on the runway, and he let the nose gear down.

According to the pilot's statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2:

My left wing and gear then came up and I started to go      to the edge of the runway.  I gave it full throttle and      started to pull up.  I got airborne and then hit a dirt      pile with my gear and went into a corn field and the      plane flipped and came to rest upside down.

The FAA Inspector stated that when the pilot applied full throttle and started to pull up that "this reaction probably caused the aircraft to veer left and run off the runway to the left."

The reported winds at the time of the accident were, from 180 degrees, at 5 knots.  There were no reported wind gusts.

The pilot indicated on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2 that he had a total of 21 flight hours, with 21 hours in this make and model airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67212](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67212-1998-08-31), registration cancelled 1998-08-31, S/N WA85 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Registry model: [Beech 77](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (registry code 1153007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: WA-85
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Glen C. Rodgers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MZZ, MARION, IN
- Destination: CQA, OH
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: CQA, Lakefield, runway 26, 3,794 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAY, 60 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 19950712017649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950712017649A), Jul 12, 1995: Beech 77, Celina, OH, Substantial damage. Messed up landing began go around lost control due p factor. Veered off runway into berm. Nosed over. (-23) after touchdown of main gear, pilot lowered the…

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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