- Date
- July 27, 1986, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Huntersville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7689SBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860727035239A
- Case key
- 7159
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Proper glidepath - not followedCause
Level off - delayedCause
Flare - improperCause
Analysis
Plt was practicing touch-and-go and emer proc. He was high on base and attempted to correct alt, struck a ditch 200 feet short of the rwy with rt ldg gear. Acft came to a stop 100 feet short of rwy in second grass filled ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7689S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25976
- Airframe hours
- 846
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-320-E1B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E.D. Meador
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 28, 1986 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- NCO5 · Bradford Fld, runway 24, 3,850 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 34,000 total · 13 in this make and model · 34,000 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 13 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.