- Date
- March 23, 1982, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Carrollton, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N50468Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820323005149A
- Case key
- 70141
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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 student completed a touch & go & was climbing out when the instructor took control. He told the student that he was going to show him what to do if the eng quit shortly after takeoff. At 150-180 ft above the rwy near the upwind numbers the instructor cut the power to idle, initiated a turn to the right to offset from the rwy & then began a slipping left turn back toward the rwy in an attempt to land downwind. The acft developed a high sink rate as it approached a positionperpendicular to the rwy. The instructor added full power to arrest the descent but the acft struck the rwy wings level. The plt stated that the eng felt like it loaded up & did not develop power immediately as he advanced the throttle. Examination of the fuel injection servo revealed evidence of internal leakage although the unit operated normally on a test bench. Internal leakage could cause hesitation or loading up under certain conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50468
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 514-79
- Airframe hours
- 389
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald D. Frank
- Registered owner
- Rdf Company
- Departed
- CTJ · Carrollton, GA
- Destination
- CTJ · Carrollton, GA
- Airport
- CTJ · West Georgia Regional, runway 16, 5,000 × 100 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,800 total · 120 in this make and model · 8,800 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.