# NTSB ANC84FA052: Bellanca 7GCBC, N68578, Anchorage, AK, April 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 9, 1984, 18:09 local (22:09 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.220794, -149.849838 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2208&lon=-149.8498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4197
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84FA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4197/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA052

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - object - runway light (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68578-1997-10-15), registration cancelled 1997-10-15, S/N 41272 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7GCBC
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (registry code 1220601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 412-72
- Airframe hours: 579
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840409014189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840409014189A), Apr 9, 1984: Bbavia 7GCBC, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on an attempted go around from a bounced landing. Left the runway and struck a fence.

## Other investigations on N68578 (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 ANC93LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA133), Aug 1, 1993: Bellanca 7GCBC (N68578), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN A PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IN FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION.

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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