- Date
- September 15, 1983, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Saluda, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5070NBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830915049239A
- Case key
- 6207
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed off the rwy and cartwheeled into the tiedown area after the plt lost control during landing. The plt said the wind shifted while he was on final approach. He compensated with power and rudder but does not recall his airspeed. The acft snapped to the left and contacted the ground left wing first then cartwheeled and came to rest upright in the tie-down area. A witness said the acfts tail was abnormally low on final approach. He heard the acftpower come on just before it rolled to the left at about 20 to 30 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5070N
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 614-80
- Airframe hours
- 130
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-H1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur T. Kopf
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1983 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- WST · Westerly, RI
- Destination
- W75
- Airport
- W75 · Hummel Field, runway 36, 2,500 × 45 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 70 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHF, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.