# Accident 20140929018519A: Bellanca 8GCBC, Port Alsworth, AK, September 29, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2014, 16:00 local time
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.2006° N, 154.2802° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2006&lon=-154.2802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2976M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2976M-2018-02-13) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,111 total, 241 in this make and model, 321 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140929018519A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS LANDING OFF-AIRPORT. HE DID A LOW PASS TO SURVEY THE LANDING AREA. WHEN HE CAME BACK AROUND FOR THE FIRST LANDING, HE ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WINDS AND DID A GO-AROUND. ON THE THIRD TIME AROUND, HE AGAIN ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WINDS, AND DECIDED TO GO-AROUND TOO LATE. THE GUSTY WINDS PUSHED HIM OVER AND THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP 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 ANC14CA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA090), Sep 30, 2014: Bellanca 8GCBC (N2976M), Port Alsworth, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted landing in gusty wind conditions.

## Other reports on N2976M (1)

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

- [Incident 19831014065619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831014065619I), Oct 14, 1983: Bbavia 8GCBC (N2976M), Eagle River, AK, Minor damage. Ground looped on landing. Too many spacers on right oversize tire installation. Moved brake unit out too FAR.

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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