- Date
- March 10, 1985, 19:03 local (Mar 11, 1985, 00:03 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53726Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850310007969A
- Case key
- 6757
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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.
Overrun
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Planned approach - inadvertentCause
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Proper touchdown point - not obtainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The plt landed long on the rwy & at excessive speed. In an attempt to stop the acft she applied brakes & the acft flipped upside down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53726
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 532-75
- Airframe hours
- 577
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Haleco Aviation Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 2, 1984 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- CRW · Kanawha, runway 15, 4,750 × 150 ft, asphalt
N53726Registered now · Bellanca 7KCABAirframe modelBellanca 7KCABEngine modelLycoming AEIO-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 678 total · 6 in this make and model · 425 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRW, 1 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.
Other investigations on N53726 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.