# NTSB ATL85LA139: Bellanca 8GCBC, N86756, Elizabethton, TN, April 18, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 18, 1985, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Elizabethton, TN
- Coordinates: 36.330833, -82.230613 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3308&lon=-82.2306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6779
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA139
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6779/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA139

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING AND SKIDDED OF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED WINDSHIFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N86756](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86756-2014-04-04), registration cancelled 2014-04-04, S/N 14-74, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (registry code 1220803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-360-A1D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (registry code 41504, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14-74
- Airframe hours: 656
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850418013779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850418013779A), Apr 18, 1985: Bbavia 8GCBC, Elizabethton, TN, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped following 3 point landing. Wind direction was variable, lost directional control.

## Other investigations on N86756 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA76FKG20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG20), Sep 1, 1975: Bellanca 8GCBC (N86756), Waynesboro, GA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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