- Date
- April 9, 1984, 18:09 local (22:09 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68578Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840409014189A
- Case key
- 4197
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Analysis
The student plt reported that when he was on final apch to land, the acft encountered turbulence at about 40 ft AGL, then bounced on the rwy. He applied power to go around, but lost directional control. The acft yawed left, veered off the rwy, knocked over a rwy light & collided with a fence. The Anchorage weather observation facility reported at 1818 hours that the airport's wind was from 300 deg at 4 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68578
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 412-72
- Airframe hours
- 579
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C. Philip Waring
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 3, 1983 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- MRI
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 11 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC, 1 nm away
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 N68578 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.