# Incident 20131018021029I: Bellanca 17-30A, Sarasota, FL, October 18, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2013, 07:56 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N122RH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 60 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131018021029I

## Narrative

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

INTERVIEWED^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR OF THIS AIRCRAFT AND HE STATED THAT ON TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK DOWN THEN IMMEDIATELY PITCHED UP AND BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN PORPOISING AND THE PILOT CUT POWER TO LAND.

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY AT A NOSE LOW ANGLE, BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR AND CONTACTING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY.

THE PILOT STATED THAT ENGINE POWER WAS NORMAL.

THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT ON ALL PREVIOUS FLIGHTS, THIS AIRCRAFT HAD A TENDENCY TO SETTLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFT OFF.

INSPECTION REVEALED THAT WEIGHT AND BALANCE WAS NOT A FACTOR.

ALL FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES APPEARED TO BE PROPERLY RUN AND ON THEIR RESPECTIVE PULLEYS.

FLIGHT CONTROL AND TRIM CONTINUITY WAS VERIFIED WITH NO ANOMALIES.

BASED ON THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THERE MAY BE A MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRSPEED INDICATION CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BE FLOWN OFF TOO EARLY, WHICH IN TURN IS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE.

IF THIS IS THE CASE THEN THE INCIDENT FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO A STALL.

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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