# NTSB BFO86LA041: Bellanca Citabria, N41464, Pasadena, MD, August 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 23, 1986, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Pasadena, MD
- Coordinates: 39.109455, -76.549156 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1095&lon=-76.5492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11254
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86LA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11254/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86LA041

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, dual student (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA CITABRIA
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 334-76
- Airframe hours: 708
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 60; 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

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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