# NTSB ANC24LA087: Bellanca 8GCBC, N1217E, Lime Village, AK, August 31, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 31, 2024, 12:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Lime Village, AK · 31 NM NE Lime Village
- Coordinates: 61.599698, -154.47973
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5997&lon=-154.4797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195049
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC24LA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195049/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195049
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA087

## Probable cause

The pilot’s excessive braking during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over.

## Findings

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

- [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)
- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, while landing at a remote, rough and uneven airstrip in a tailwheel-equipped airplane, he encountered several strong gusts of wind from the left, which pushed the airplane to the right. He said the right main wheel subsequently contacted an area of soft tundra-covered terrain, which resulted in a rapid deceleration. During the rapid deceleration, he inadvertently applied excessive braking action, and the airplane nosed over, sustaining substantial damage to the left wing, lift struts and empennage. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1217E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1217E), registered now, S/N 255-77 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (registry code 1220803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 255-77
- Year built: 1977
- Airframe hours: 1326
- Engines: Lycoming O-360 C2E 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 20, 2024, 3 hours before
- Departed: PABV, Birchwood, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 11, 2023; seat: front; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 247 total, 72 in this make and model, 213 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.66 inHg
- Turbulence: Moderate
- Observed at: PASV, 44 nm away
- METAR: PASV 311926Z AUTO 28002KT 10SM BKN006 07/06 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP046

## 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 20240831018359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240831018359A), Aug 31, 2024: Bellanca 8GCBC, Lime Village, AK, Substantial damage. 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.…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 29, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195049. 2.7 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17611392&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA087%206120%20redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18716072&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA087%20Investigative%20Photographs-Rel.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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