- Date
- June 22, 1983, 12:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Berlin, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62970Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6100
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy and nosed over during landing. The plt reported that the acft started to drift into the softplowed field on the right of the rwy and full left rudder and brakes would not stop the turn. The reported wind about 18 miles away was from 080 degrees at 10 KTS. The plt reported a wind at the sites as from 060 degrees at 12 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62970
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 367-72
- Airframe hours
- 2,019
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ocean Aerial Ads, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 30, 1983
- Departed
- Berlin, MD
- Destination
- 1
- Airport
- PVT · Jacob'S, runway 36, 3,000 × 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 757 total · 245 in this make and model · 620 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBY, 18 nm away
Other investigations on N62970 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.