# Accident 19991110030989A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Hollandale, MS, November 10, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: Hollandale, MS
- Airport: Hollandale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1703° N, 90.8494° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1703&lon=-90.8494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55035 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,334 total, 55 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991110030989A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 10, 1999, AT 1130 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BELLANCA 8GCBC, N55035, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY  AND COLLIDED WITH AN ADJACENT DITCH AT THE LONGWOOD AIRPORT IN HOLLANDALE, MISSISSIPPI. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY LONGWOOD FLYING SERVICE, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE LONGWOOD AIRPORT, A PRIVATE AIRPORT, IN HOLLANDALE, MISSISSIPPI, AT 1000. REPORTEDLY, THE AIRPLANE HAD TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 26 AND WAS ON LANDING ROLL-OUT WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH.                                                                         (.4)AFTER SEVERAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THEY RETURNED TO THE PRIVATE AIRPORT. UPON ARRIVING, THE PILOT ESTABLISHED AN APPROACH FOR A WHEEL LANDING ON THE NORTH RUNWAY. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN PHASE OF THE WHEEL LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED. ACCORDING THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, 'I ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER THE AIRPLANE, BUT HE ,THE STUDENT PILOT, DI D NOT RELINQUISH THE CONTROLS.' THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOTS.                                         (-23)DURING LANDING ROLL OUT THE STUDENT FAILED TO RELEASE THE CONTROLS TO THE INSTRUCTOR DUE TO GUST OF WIND.  AIRCRAFT RAN OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY AND INTO DITCH CAUSING SUBSTAINTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  NO INJURIES TO STUDENT OR INSTRUCTOR.

## 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 ATL00LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00LA011), Nov 10, 1999: Bellanca 8GCBC (N55035), Hollandale, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the landing and the student pilot's failure to relinquish the flight controls when the certified flight instructor attempted to recover…

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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