- Date
- December 5, 1982, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Atkinson, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N57423Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821205062289A
- Case key
- 69828
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 pilot decided to land on a private strip due to strong gusty winds and thunderstorms. The pilot landed without incident and began to back taxi on the runway when the left main landing gear went into a mud hole off the side of the runway. The aircraft pitched up on its nose momentarily, and a strong gust of wind caught the aircraft and pushed it over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57423
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 92-73
- Airframe hours
- 786
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alvin E. Debose
- Registered owner
- Alvin E. Debose
- Departed
- Wilmington, NC
- Destination
- Wilmington, NC
- Airport
- PVT · Newton Field, runway 16, 1,400 × 50 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 453 in this make and model · 412 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.