# Accident 20031030037549A: Bbavia 8KCAB, Ocala/Belleview, FL, October 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ocala/Belleview, FL
- Airport: Leeward Air Ranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Takeoff Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1667° N, 82.2167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1667&lon=-82.2167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5519K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5519K-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,800 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031030037549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIC/INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE WAS INSTRUCTING ANOTHER PILOT, ALVARO SALDARRIAGA IN A MANUEVER THAT CALLED FOR A RETURN TO THE DEPARTING RUNWAY AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE. MR. BUREL STATED THAT HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE ON THE STUDENT AS THEY CROSSED THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 36 AT LEEWARD AIR RANCH AT APPROX. 700 FEET AGL. THE STUDENT STARTED A LEFT HAND TURN BACK TO THE RUNWAY AT AN ANGLE OF BANK OF 55-60 DEGREES, WHICH WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. AT SOME POINT DURING THE TURN, THE STUDENT APPLIED AN EXCESSIVE RUDDER INPUT, STALLING AND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ENTER A SPIN. MR BUREL TOOK THE CONTROLS AND RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT AS IT WAS AGAIN HEADING N.E. DURING THE RECOVERY THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO CLEAR THE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO STRIKE AN OAK TREE IN A CLIMBING ATTITUDE, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH.

## 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 MIA04LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA015), Oct 30, 2003: Bellanca 8KCAB (N5519K), Ocala, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the dual student to maintain airspeed (VS) and the CFI's improper supervision while turning to reverse direction resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin and collision with trees and the…

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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