- Date
- May 12, 1993, 18:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Shirley, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8612VBellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930512013339A
- Case key
- 11942
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in a ground swerve, and his failure to maintain sufficient clearance and or altitude from the trees. The proximity of trees was a related factor.
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 was practicing touch and go landings on runway 24. He had completed one landing successfully and was on his second approach for a full stop landing. According to the pilot, he applied the brakes and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway onto a grassy area at a large angle. He stated that he quickly applied power; however, due to insufficient altitude, the airplane collided with trees, then fell to the ground. The pilot reported that there was a mechanical malfunction and that the brakes locked on one side; however, an examination of the airplane's brakes, tires, and wheels by the FAA did not disclose evidence of any malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8612V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 503-75
- Airframe hours
- 25,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mid Island Air Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mid Island Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1992 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- HWV
- Destination
- HWV
- Airport
- HWV · Brookhaven, runway 24, 3,200 × 85 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 125 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ISP, 1 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.