20050130003049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bbavia 7GCBC · Prineville, OR · January 30, 2005

Date: January 30, 2005 · 14:00 local
Place: Prineville, OR
Airport: Dry Creek Airpark Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N53719
NTSB investigation: NTSBSEA05LA056
Reported as: Bbavia 7GCBC
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total2,000 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N53719Registered now · Bellanca 7GCBCS/N 858-75 · Built 1975 Airframe modelBellanca 7GCBC Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot conducted landing to runway 07 at dry Creek airpark. Upon roll out the aircraft veered right. Pilot applied left rudder and left brake with no effect. Rolled off runway into trees. Aircraft sustained impact damage to the engine cowling and propeller, and damage to tubular structure adjacent to right main landing gear box and in tailwheel mount area. Inspection of the tailwheel revealed that two shims were not installed correctly. Upon removal of the boot cowl it was noted that the left brake master cylinder was loose and not in its mount; a mounting pin was found loose in the cowl.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT CONDUCTED LANDING TO RUNWAY 07 AT DRY CREEK AIRPARK. UPON ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT. PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND LEFT BRAKE WITH NO EFFECT. ROLLED OFF RUNWAY INTO TREES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND PROPELLER, AND DAMAGE TO TUBULAR STRUCTURE ADJACENT TO RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BOX AND IN TAILWHEEL MOUNT AREA. INSPECTION OF THE TAILWHEEL REVEALED THAT TWO SHIMS WERE NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY. UPON REMOVAL OF THE BOOT COWL IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS LOOSE AND NOT IN ITS MOUNT; A MOUNTING PIN WAS FOUND LOOSE IN THE COWL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB SEA05LA056Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPrineville, OROther maintenance personnel's inadequate reassembly of the tail wheel assembly and the left main landing gear breaking assembly resulting in an inadvertent loss of control during the landing roll. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadvertent swerve…Jan 30, 2005 · Substantial damage