- Date
- May 20, 1993, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Panama City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2590ZBellanca GC-BC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930520016609A
- Case key
- 3212
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft and his poor inflight decision to attempt a downwind landing at the 975 foot airfield. A factor was the tail wind condition which existed at the airfield at the time
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 pilot stated that he was attempting a downwind landing at the 975 foot long sod strip. He stated that he was fast on the approach, and after applying heavy braking to stop the aircraft, it nosed over inverted
Factual narrative
On May 20, 1993, at about 1100 central daylight time, a Belanca GC-BC, N2590Z, was substantially damaged following a collision with terrain, during landing at a private, sod airfield in Panama City, Florida. The commercial pilot was not injured in the accident. The aircraft was owned and being operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by Roberts and Buchannon, Inc. of Panama City, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed for the local banner tow flight.
The pilot stated that he was attempting a downwind landing at the 900 foot sod airfield. He stated that he was fast on the approach, and after applying heavy braking to stop the aircraft, it nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2590Z
- Reported as
- Bellanca GC-BC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 260-77
- Airframe hours
- 3,709
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C-2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Roberts And Buchannon,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Roberts And Buchannon,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1993 · 104 hours before
- Airport
- BSP · Buchanan Stolport, runway 18, 975 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,175 total · 125 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN, 10 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.