- Date
- July 14, 1982, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Savannah, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53812Bellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820714032149A
- Case key
- 72562
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 owner/pilot stated that he was checking out the other pilot in the tailwheel equipped aircraft. The owner was a private pilot and the other pilot was reportedly a flight instructor (ip). During the landing roll, the ip overcorrected with the rudder and the plane ground looped. The left landing gear and left wing were substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53812
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1121-75
- Airframe hours
- 300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce L. Taylor
- Registered owner
- Bruce L. Taylor
- Departed
- SAV · Savannah, GA
- Destination
- SAV · Savannah, GA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- SAV · Savannah Municipal, runway 9, 9,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 58 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.