# Accident 20160608005479A: Bellanca 17-30A, Fredericksburg, VA, June 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2016, 16:48 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Airport: Fredericksburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2661° N, 77.4494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2661&lon=-77.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14753, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14753-2019-05-07) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 9 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160608005479A

## Narrative

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

APPROX 30KT DIRECT CROSSWIND.  PILOT EXECUTED ONE GO-AROUND, THEN LOST CONTROL ON LANDING FROM SECOND ATTEMPT.  PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED AIRCRAFT, COMPLETED 6 HOURS TRAINING, THIS WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT AND IN EXTREMELY WINDY CONDITIONS.

## 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 GAA16CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA294), Jun 8, 2016: Bellanca 17 30 (N14753), Fredericksburg, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind resulting in a runway excursion and substantial damage.

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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