- Date
- May 10, 1988, 13:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Elizabethton, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8641VBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880510013759A
- Case key
- 7758
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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.
Analysis
The flt was being accomplished to refamiliarize the commercial plt with the airplane prior to completing the remainder of the training curriculum. One takeoff and ldg had been completed without incident. During the second approach to landing, it was related that the apch was normal with the airspeed somewhat above 1.3VS. The student flared the acft to a three point attitude and the wheels either touched down or brushed the runway. At this point, the right wing was picked up and could not be controlled by use of the ailerons. The acft turned about 45 deg to the rwy and full power was applied. The wheels collided with a 4 1/2 to 5 ft rise in the ground and turned back toward the rwy. The left main gear collapsed and the left wing spars were broken. No injuries were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8641V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 163-75
- Airframe hours
- 3,371
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Moody Bible Institute-Chicago
- Registered owner
- Moody Bible Inst. Of Chicago
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1988 · 64 hours before
- Airport
- 0A9 · Elizabethton, runway 24, 4,000 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 14,816 total · 597 in this make and model · 14,509 as pilot in command · 146 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI, 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.