- Date
- September 6, 1982, 16:30 local (Sep 7, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Range, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62972Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820906054779A
- Case key
- 71792
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Nose over
Analysis
Downhill takeoff into gusty crosswind raised wing which pilot could not control with aileron. Wing dragged and aircraft nosed over after 200 foot roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62972
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 360-72
- Airframe hours
- 2,686
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Darrel W. Sauder
- Registered owner
- Darrel W. Sauder
- Departed
- Mt. Range, AK
- Destination
- Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- Unimproved Airstrip
N62972Registration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Bellanca 7GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 7GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,057 total · 92 in this make and model · 1,764 as pilot in command · 126 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 124 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N62972 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.