20240831018359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bellanca 8GCBC · Lime Village, AK · August 31, 2024

Date
August 31, 2024 · 10:00 local
Place
Lime Village, AK
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1217E
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC24LA087
Reported as
Bellanca 8GCBC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
244 total72 in this make and model29 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.

On the landing rollout the aircraft rolled through a dip sloping to the right and simultaneously a gust of wind from the left pushed the aircraft to the right. The right main wheel began rolling through soft tundra. The rapid deceleration forced the pilot forward into the rudder pedals and inadvertently applied brakes. The aircraft nose rotated downward and at idle the propeller contacted the ground and the aircraft fully nosed down and flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED THROUGH A DIP SLOPING TO THE RIGHT AND SIMULTANEOUSLY A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL BEGAN ROLLING THROUGH SOFT TUNDRA. THE RAPID DECELERATION FORCED THE PILOT FORWARD INTO THE RUDDER PEDALS AND INADVERTENTLY APPLIED BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE ROTATED DOWNWARD AND AT IDLE THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FULLY NOSED DOWN AND FLIPPED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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