- Date
- July 27, 1985, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Woodbine, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7657SBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850727077679A
- Case key
- 11187
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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.
Hard landing
Proper glidepath - not maintainedCause
Flare - improperCause
Nose over
Recovery from bounced landing - inadequateCause
Analysis
The acft nosed over during a hard landing at Woodbine airport, Woodbine, Maryland, while on a check ride.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7657S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sailplane Leasing, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Clayton W. Vickland
- Airport
- MD78 · Woodbine
N7657SRegistration cancelled May 23, 2017 · Bellanca 8GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 8GCBCEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 18° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 22 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.