# Accident 20170411005199A: Bellanca 8GCBC, Willow, AK, April 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2017, 18:00 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Willow
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6475° N, 149.9728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6475&lon=-149.9728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5045E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5045E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 8GCBC (registry code 1220803, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170411005199A

## Narrative

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

MISHAP PILOT HAD A PHYSIOLOGICAL NEED TO MICTURATE WHILE ENROUTE TO HIS REMOTE CABIN.

PILOT FOUND A GOOD SITE AND UPON LANDING IN SOFT, SPRINGTIME SNOW, HIT A BURIED/HIDDEN SAND BURM WHICH CAUGHT HIS LEFT SKI CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO "DIG IN AND FLIP."

## 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 GAA17CA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA228), Apr 12, 2017: Bellanca 8GCBC (N5045E), Willow, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's left main ski's collision with a submerged frozen sand berm.

## Other reports on N5045E (1)

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

- [Incident 19860611059169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860611059169I), Jun 11, 1986: Bbavia 8GCBC (N5045E), Pensacola, FL. ATC gave right downwind instead of left for pipeline aircraft. Pilot crossed runway at 100 feet with DC9 on final.

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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