- Date
- August 23, 1986, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Pasadena, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N41464Bellanca Citabria
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11254
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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
One witness who watched N41464 make the approach indicated that the aircraft appeared to be too fast as it passed the 1/2 way point on the runway and that it bounced back up into the air after nosing down onto the turf runway. The nose of the aircraft came up and the left wing went down as the aircraft flew along the right side of the runway. With about 1/3 of 1800 foot runway left the witness heard power being applied to the engine and observed the aircraft climb above trees at the end of the runway with the attitude of the aircraft continuing to be extremely nose high. He then saw the right wing drop and the aircraft spin into some trees. Exam of a/c did not disclose any malfunctions. The eng was mounted on a test stand and run successfully.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41464
- Reported as
- Bellanca Citabria
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 334-76
- Airframe hours
- 708
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert L. Burns
- Registered owner
- R. L. Burns & Henry E. Davison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1985 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- BWI · Baltimore, MD
- Airport
- Mountain Road, runway 27, 1,800 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 11,810 total · 261 in this make and model · 9,150 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 10 nm away