# Accident 20020924025219A: Bbavia 7KCAB, Erwinna, PA, September 24, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2002, 12:15 local time
- Place: Erwinna, PA
- Airport: Vansant Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4842° N, 75.0997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4842&lon=-75.0997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4210Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4210Y-2004-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7KCAB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 30 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020924025219A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2002, ABOUT 1215 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELLANCA 7KCAB (CITABRIA B), N4210Y, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN ABORTED LANDING AT VANSANT AIRPORT (9N1), ERWINNA, PENNSYLVANIA. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING AROUND THE LOCAL AREA FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO 9N1, AND PERFORMED A LANDING TO RUNWAY 7, A 3,058-FOOT LONG, 120-FOOT WIDE TURF RUNWAY. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED TWICE, AND THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO ABORT THE LANDING. HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED RIGHT, STRUCK TREES, AND CAME TO REST ENTANGLED WITHIN THE TREES. THE PILOT ADDED THAT HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE. THE REPORTED WIND AT AN AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES SOUTH OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, AT 1154, WAS FROM 340 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS. (-23) PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 7 AT VAN SANT AIRPORT (9N1), LOCATED IN E                    RWINNA, PA. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. THE PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND BOUNCED AGAIN. HE THEN APPLIED FULL POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT TO DO A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TOWARD THE RIGHT AND IMPACTED THE TREES NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A NOSE-DOWN POSITION DOWN AN EMBANKMENT NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC02LA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA194), Sep 24, 2002: Bellanca 7KCAB (N4210Y), Erwinna, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing. A factor was a crosswind.

## Other reports on N4210Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19791024029379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791024029379A), Oct 24, 1979: Blanca 7KCAB (N4210Y), Makanda, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted a go around when it appeared he could not stop acft on rwy. Struck tree off end of rwy. Frost on gr

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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