# Accident 20141123024359A: Bellanca 8KCAB, Mesquite, TX, November 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2014, 15:42 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metro Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7439° N, 96.5311° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7439&lon=-96.5311&mi=10
- Aircraft: N580, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N580) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8KCAB (registry code 1220801, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 450 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141123024359A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT HAD LANDED AT MESQUITE AIRPORT (HQZ) AROUND 15:42 CST ON RUNWAY 17 AND DURING HIS LANDING ROLL THE AIRPLANE TURNED RIGHT OFF OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS SOUTH OF THE TAXIWAY ECHO. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE GRASS THEN HE TAXIED THROUGH THE GRASS ONTO TAXIWAY ALPHA AND THEN HE TAXIED TO HIS PARKING SPOT.

## 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 CEN15CA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA213), Nov 23, 2014: Bellanca 8KCAB (N580), Mesquite, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control while landing in gusting crosswind conditions, which exceeded the airplane's maximum demonstrated crosswind velocity.

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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