- Date
- July 1, 1990, 12:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Eielson Afb, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8927Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900701025529A
- Case key
- 5396
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Probable cause
The cfi's failure to take timely action when the dual student did not attain a proper touch down point.
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.
Analysis
The CFI was giving recurrent instruction to a licensed pilot in sea plane operations. He said that they touched down too close to the shoreline, and that he (the CFI) was unable to stop the airplane or maneuver it away from the shore before striking trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8927
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 482-73
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eielson Afb Aero Club
- Registered owner
- William H. Cleveland
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Blair Lakes
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 532 total · 40 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °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 N8927 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.