# Accident 20000416006599A: Bbavia 8KCAB, Immokalee, FL, April 16, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2000, 11:00 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4108° N, 81.4205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4108&lon=-81.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N238DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N238DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC IO320E1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,796 total, 399 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000416006599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. ON SECOND LANDING AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SHORT OF RUNWAY WITH SUBSTANTIAL DMAAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.  WINDS REPORTED AS LIGHT.  PILOT STATED THAT AT ABOUT 25 TO 35 FEET THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SINK, SO HE ADDED POWER.  BUT, THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OUT OF THE SINK, EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE PRODUCING REQUESTED POWER.                             (.4)ON APRIL 16, 2000, ABOUT 1100 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELLANCA 8KCAB, N238DM, OWNED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, IMPACTED WITH THE GROUND WHILE LANDING AT THE IMMOKALEE AIRPORT, IMMOKALEE, FLORIDA. 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. THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER REPORTED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM THE SAME AIRPORT, AT 1000. THE FLIGHT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 18. ACCORDING TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER, THE PILOT WAS DOING SPOT LANDINGS, AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 18. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE HAD STAYED IN THE LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN, AND WAS DOIN G SOME LANDINGS, WHEN HE ELECTED TO DEPART THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO DO SOME LOCAL FLYING. UPON RETURN TO THE AIRPORT HE SAID, "...I MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND NORMAL SPEED. ABOUT 25 TO 50 FEET [ABOVE THE GROUND], THE BOTTOM DROPPED OUT COMING DOWN HARD ON [THE] LANDING GEAR 6 FEET SHORT OF [THE] RUNWAY. GROUND WAS SOFT, PITCHING THE PLANE ON ITS NOSE." ACCORDING TO THE FAA INSPECTOR'S STATEMENT THE PILOT "...DID NOT REPORT ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS."

## 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 MIA00LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA136), Apr 16, 2000: Bellanca 8KCAB (N238DM), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudged the flare resulting in a hard landing short of the intended landing site, subsequently impacting the ground, and nosing over.

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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