20180825016049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bellanca 7GCBC · Ocklawaha, FL · August 25, 2018

Date
August 25, 2018 · 15:00 local
Place
Ocklawaha, FL
Airport
Woods And Lake Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7618S
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA18CA517
Reported as
Bellanca 7GCBC
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
12,258 total45 in this make and model93 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft involved encountered a crosswind during the landing.

The pilot lost control during the landing rollout phase and allowed the aircraft to groundloop causing substantial structural damage.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND DURING THE LANDING.

THE PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT PHASE AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUNDLOOP CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.