- Date
- August 19, 1989, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Galbraith Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N88297Bellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890819030839A
- Case key
- 5242
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilots failure to maintain direction control after aborting takeoff following failure of the tail landing gear tire.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Landing gear,tire - failure,totalCause
Directional control - not maintained
Main gear collapsed
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88297
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 104-74
- Airframe hours
- 919
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Philip A. Summers
- Registered owner
- Philip A Summers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 350 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °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 N88297 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.