# NTSB BFO86LA028: Bellanca 7KCAB, N12AP, Berlin, MD, May 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 29, 1986, 14:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place: Berlin, MD
- Coordinates: 38.320117, -75.209556 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3201&lon=-75.2096&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11247
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86LA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11247/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86LA028

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft performance,yawing maneuvers - erratic
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - towing/advertising/external load equipment - dumped
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total

## Analysis

WHILE CLIMBING OUT AFTER PICKING UP AN ADVERTISING BANNER THE PILOT OF THE BELLANCA 7KCAB NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT YAWED EXCESSIVELY TO THE RIGHT. AFTER VERIFYING THAT THE ENGINE WAS AT FULL POWER. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DROP THE BANNER AND MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN THE OVERRUN AREA OF THE RUNWAY. ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING STRIKING THE GROUND. IN A REEXAMINATION GIVEN BY AN FAA OPERATIONS INSPECTOR IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PILOT HAD BEEN USING A TECHNIQUE FOR PICKING UP BANNERS THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO COME VERY CLOSE TO A STALL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12AP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12AP-2013-01-30), registration cancelled 2013-01-30, S/N 447-74, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (registry code 1220701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 447-74
- Airframe hours: 2118
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Ocean Aerial Ads, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1986, 50 hours before
- Airport: Bunting Airstrip, runway 34, 2,100 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 952 total, 56 in this make and model, 833 as pilot in command, 104 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SBY, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860529019969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860529019969A), May 29, 1986: Bbavia 7KCAB, Berlin, MD, Substantial damage. On banner pick up, yawed. Dropped banner. Aborted. Landed hard. Severed right gear. Flawed pickup caused near stall

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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