# Accident 20111111027279A: Bellanca 8GCBC, Delta Junction, AK, November 11, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2011, 12:30 local time
- Place: Delta Junction, AK
- Airport: Sparks Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.8561° N, 145.0928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8561&lon=-145.0928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88417, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88417) (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: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12TA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12TA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111111027279A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ANC12TA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12TA008), Nov 11, 2011: Bellanca 8GCBC (N88417), Delta Junction, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Ice accretion in the main landing gear wheel brakes, which prevented the main landing gear wheels from rotating on landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.

## Other reports on N88417 (1)

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

- [Accident 19951028047179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951028047179A), Oct 28, 1995: Bbavia 8GCBC (N88417), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on snow covered strip. Failed to use soft field procedure. Nosed over in four inch snow cover.

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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