- Date
- September 4, 1990, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blair Lakes, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5504NBellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900904038759A
- Case key
- 5445
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate lookout during the post-landing taxi. Contributing to the accident were the rough terrain, the pilot's lack of total experience, and his lack of familiarity with the geographic area.
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
During the post-landing taxi, the airplane's left wheel went into a hole about one foot deep, causing the wing strut to hit a tree stump. The pilot said he did not see the hole until the wheel went into it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5504N
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1264-78
- Airframe hours
- 1,971
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alan F. Floyd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1990 · 1,940 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · None
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 112 total · 33 in this make and model · 112 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °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.