- Date
- June 18, 1982, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Woodbine, MD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5153XBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820618040629A
- Case key
- 73087
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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
After taking off from runway 21, the pilot made a left turn-out then reentered a downwind for runway 03. At about the same time, a Cessna 150 was departing from runway 21 and a glider entered the pattern to land on runway 03. Two witnesses observed the aircraft converging in the vicinity of the traffic pattern. According to one witness, one of the converging aircraft pulled up sharply, then spun three times before hitting the ground. N5153X crashed on the downwind leg. It impacted in about a 45 degree angle and burned. Reportedly, the engine sounded normal until impact. An examination of the flight controls revealed no preimpact malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5153X
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 154
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Consumer Services, In
- Registered owner
- Aviation Consumer Services, In
- Departed
- Woodbine, MD
- Destination
- Woodbine, MD
- Airport
- runway 3, 1,600 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 426 total · 42 in this make and model · 303 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °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 N5153X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.