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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bellanca 8GCBC · Delta Junction, AK · November 11, 2011

Date
November 11, 2011 · 12:30 local
Place
Delta Junction, AK
Airport
Sparks Strip
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88417
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC12TA008
Reported as
Bellanca 8GCBC
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total300 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot taxied aircraft in light powder snow at chena marina prior to departure. Approximately 2 inches of snow was on the ground at the time of departure. Pilot stated upon approach to landing she flew the runway at low level down wind and checked the condition. The runway was coated with a light layer of snow but looked good for landing. Pilot stated she set up for a soft field landing and began her approach, the aircraft touched down just above stall speed and immediately upon touch down the tail of the aircraft raised sharply, the propeller contacted the ground and then on to the nose cone were the aircraft skidded then dug into the dirt causing the aircraft to flip over on its back slowly. Pilot stated she believed the brakes had frozen up due to snow on them during the taxi for take off at chena marina. Pilot stated two other aircraft landed on the runway without incident and their tracks looked as though the snow was packed down, where the tracks she left with the scout were brown and the snow was removed down to the dirt, as if the wheels were frozen up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT IN LIGHT POWDER SNOW AT CHENA MARINA PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE. PILOT STATED UPON APPROACH TO LANDING SHE FLEW THE RUNWAY AT LOW LEVEL DOWN WIND AND CHECKED THE CONDITION. THE RUNWAY WAS COATED WITH A LIGHT LAYER OF SNOW BUT LOOKED GOOD FOR LANDING. PILOT STATED SHE SET UP FOR A SOFT FIELD LANDING AND BEGAN HER APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN JUST ABOVE STALL SPEED AND IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCH DOWN THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT RAISED SHARPLY, THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THEN ON TO THE NOSE CONE WERE THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED THEN DUG INTO THE DIRT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ON ITS BACK SLOWLY. PILOT STATED SHE BELIEVED THE BRAKES HAD FROZEN UP DUE TO SNOW ON THEM DURING THE TAXI FOR TAKE OFF AT CHENA MARINA. PILOT STATED TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THEIR TRACKS LOOKED AS THOUGH THE SNOW WAS PACKED DOWN, WHERE THE TRACKS SHE LEFT WITH THE SCOUT WERE BROWN AND THE SNOW WAS REMOVED DOWN TO THE DIRT, AS IF THE WHEELS WERE FROZEN UP.

NTSB investigation

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