# Accident 20120516008019A: Bellanca 8GCBC, Elberta, AL, May 16, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Elberta, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6900° N, 87.8583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6900&lon=-87.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86917, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86917-2020-06-05) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 283 total, 29 in this make and model, 117 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA339) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120516008019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD BEEN TRAINING WITH BANNER TOW OPERATOR FOR THE PREVIOUS 9 DAYS.  PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED A BANNER DROP AND THEN RETURNED TO FIELD TO LAND.  PILOT AND PASSENGER, ALSO A COMMERCIAL PILOT,  BOTH REPORT THAT  PIC CONDUCTED A NORMAL FINAL APPROACH AT 65 - 70 MPH.  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ABOUT TWO OR THREE FEET INTO THE AIR.  AS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN, PILOT CLAIMS HE WAS USING THE RUDDERS AND HE INADVERTENTLY APPLIED THE RIGHT TOE BRAKE.  AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ERA12CA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA339), May 16, 2012: Bellanca 8GCBC (N86917), Gulf Shores, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent application of the wheel brakes immediately after landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.

## Other reports on N86917 (1)

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

- [Accident 19741013034489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741013034489A), Oct 13, 1974: Blanca 8GCBC (N86917), Adelanto, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot stalled aircraft during s turns at low alt. Stall wrng inop.

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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