- Date
- April 18, 1985, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Elizabethton, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N86756Bellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850418013779A
- Case key
- 6779
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditch
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Analysis
Pilot lost directional control during landing and skidded of the left side of runway. Pilot reported windshift.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86756
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14-74
- Airframe hours
- 656
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Moody Bible Institute /Chicago
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 24, 1985 · 66 hours before
- Airport
- OA9 · Elizabethton, runway 24, 4,000 × ft, macadam
N86756Registration cancelled Apr 4, 2014 · Bellanca 8GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 8GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-360-A1D
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 813 total · 50 in this make and model · 641 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI
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 N86756 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.