# NTSB ANC10CA066: Bellanca 8GCBC, N19CK, Fairbanks, AK, July 30, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 29, 2010, 17:40 local (Jul 30, 2010, 01:40 UTC)
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Coordinates: 64.805274, -147.853881 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8053&lon=-147.8539&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2010
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76802
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC10CA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76802/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76802
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA066

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control after encountering a crosswind during landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings in his single-engine airplane when he encountered a gust of wind while in the landing flare, which pushed the left wing up. He said he tried to compensate by adding power, but the airplane changed direction and crossed over a grassy area and collided with a parked airplane. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot was practicing touch and go landings in his single-engine airplane when he encountered a gust of wind while in the landing flare, which pushed the left wing up. He said he tried to compensate by adding power, but the airplane changed direction and crossed over a grassy area and collided with a parked airplane. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19CK](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19CK), registered now, S/N 28078, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (registry code 1220803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-360-A1D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (registry code 41504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28078
- Airframe hours: 1782
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1D 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Buckmeier Arlan M
- Registered owner: Buckmeier Arlan M
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 2, 2009
- Departed: FAI, Fairbanks, AK
- Destination: FAI, Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: FAI, Fairbanks International, runway 02, 2,900 × 75 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 49; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; flight hours: 97 total, 97 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Observed at: FAI

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20100729043941A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100729043941A), Jul 29, 2010: Bellanca 8GCBC, Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Student pilot was solo; practicing touch and goes @ fai using runway ski strip 02. VFR in pattern. Wind was 340 @ 06. Pilot states that after touching down a…

## Other investigations on N19CK (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 CHI03LA302](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA302), Sep 6, 2003: Bellanca 8GCBC (N19CK), Sikeston, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent activation of the brake system during touchdown and his inadequate remedial action, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 13, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76802. 479 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 479 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40336211&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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.

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