# Incident 20130313004849I: Bellanca 14-19-2, Statesboro, GA, March 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2013, 12:37 local time
- Place: Statesboro, GA
- Airport: Statesboro-Bulloch County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4828° N, 81.7369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STATESBORO-BULLOCH COUNTY (TBR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4828&lon=-81.7369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9804B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9804B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 14-19-2 (registry code 3080104, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-19-2
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,928 total, 610 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130313004849I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 13, 2013, 1500L, A BELLANCA 14-19-2, N9804B HAD DIVERTED TO STATESBORO, GA (TBR) FOR ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

ON MARCH 15, 2013, 1000L, THE AIRPORT MANAGER AT STATESBORO AIRPORT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AT THE AIRPORT BUT HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RH TAIL STABILIZER.  THE PILOT HAD STATED TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED SEVERE AIR TURBULENCE DURING THE FLIGHT AND THAT HE DIVERTED TO STATESBORO FOR SAFETY REASON.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED SEVERE AIR TURBULENCE WHILE IN ROUTE TOWARDS BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA (BKV). HE STATED THAT THE TURBULENCE WAS THE WORST HE HAD EVER EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT HIS FLYING CAREER. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO DESCEND FROM THE ALTITUDE HE WAS FLYING. UPON DESCENDING, THE AIRCRAFT HAD STARTED TO ACCUMULATE ICE FORMATION IN THE ENGINE CARBURETOR, WHICH WAS CLEARED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. AT THAT TIME THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO DIVERT TO STATESBORO, GA.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY FLIGHT CONTROL PROBLEMS DURING FLIGHT AND LANDING OF THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED AND HE DID HIS WALK AROUND INSPECTION HE THEN NOTICED THE RH HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TAIL FEATHER HAD PARTIAL SHEARED OFF.

THERE WAS AN ONSITE EXTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED BY THE ATLANTA FSDO. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO FURTHER DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE RH TAIL STABILIZER.

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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