# Accident 20010329004359A: Bbavia 8GCBC, Las Vegas, NM, March 29, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NM
- Airport: Las Vegas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5893° N, 105.2198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5893&lon=-105.2198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88352, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88352) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYC O360C2E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 355 total, 100 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010329004359A

## Narrative

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

(-19) ON MARCH 29, 2001, AT 1550 MST, A BELLANCA 8GCBC, N88352, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ROLL AT LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THIS LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, THE A/C LANDED ON RUNWAY 20 AND A GUST OF WIND FLIPPED THE A/C OVER. RECORDED WIND WAS FROM 360 DEGREES MAGNETIC HEADING AT 7 KNOTS. (-23) ON MARCH 29, 2001, AT 1445 MST, A BELLANCA 8GCABC, N88352, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED WAS BLOWN OFF RUNWAY 20 AFTER ALNDING AT LAS VEGAS AIRPORT, LAS VEGAS, NM, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE A/C WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.                                           (.4) ON MARCH 29, 2001, AT MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A BELLANCA 8GCBC, N88352, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO ROUGH TERRAIN DURING LANDING ROLL AT LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PI                                                    LOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THIS LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED AT 1415. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS FLYING IN THE PATTERN TO WARM THE ENGINE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. HE SAID THE WIND SOCK INDICATED A RIGHT CROSSWIND AND THAT HIS LANDING WAS NORMAL. DURING LANDING ROLL, ACCORDING TO HIS ACCOUNT, A WIND GUST LIFTED THE RIGHT WING AND HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. IT HIT A DEPRESSION CAUSING THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE LEFT WING THEN HIT THE GROUND, AND BUCKLED. THE LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 20 AND, AT THE TIME, THE WIND WAS FROM 360 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS. THIS PROVIDED A QUARTERING TAIL WIND OF APPROXIMATELY 6 KNOTS DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

## 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 DEN01LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA079), Mar 29, 2001: Bellanca 8GCBC (N88352), Las Vegas, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. Factors were weather evaluation by the pilot and rough terrain off the side of the runway.

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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