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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bellanca 7KCAB · San Diego, CA · March 30, 2013

Date
March 30, 2013 · 15:10 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Airport
Montgomery Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8643
Reported as
Bellanca 7KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
107 total29 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot attempted a landing on runway 28L at Montgomery airfield (kmyf) in San Diego during gusty wind conditions. A gust of wind at touchdown caused the pilot to lose control of the aircraft.

The aircraft ground looped and departed the right side of runway 28L which resulted in minor damage to the left wing tip, the left landing gear, and the propeller struck the ground.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 28L AT MONTGOMERY AIRFIELD (KMYF) IN SAN DIEGO DURING GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. A GUST OF WIND AT TOUCHDOWN CAUSED THE PILOT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 28L WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.