# Accident 20160620009729A: Bellanca 8KCAB, Fremont Island, UT, June 20, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2016, 10:17 local time
- Place: Fremont Island, UT
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1547° N, 112.3300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1547&lon=-112.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8SF) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 445 total, 130 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160620009729A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ADVISED ATC THAT HE WAS LANDING AT FREMONT ISLAND DUE TO OPEN COWLING. NO NOTICE OF DISTRESS OR UNUSUAL OPERATION FROM PILOT.  AT 1017 PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON FREMONT ISLAND SOUTHEAST DIRT STRIP (ROAD) DUE TO OIL ACCESS DOOR OPEN AND DIPSTICK APPEARED TO BE SHAKING. DURING LANDING PILOT FELT A SLIGHT GUST OF WIND PUSHING HIM TO THE RIGHT. R/H GEAR HIT A 14 INCH BRIM PULLING HIM TO THE RIGHT BREAKING R/H GEAR OFF AND THE RIGHT HAND WING HITTING THE GROUND BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.

## 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 GAA16CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA341), Jun 20, 2016: Bellanca 8KCAB (N8SF), Freemont Island, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, resulting in an impact with an unknown object during aborted landing and consequent ground impact.

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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