# NTSB BFO93LA083: Bellanca 7KCAB, N8612V, Shirley, NY, May 12, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1993, 18:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place: Shirley, NY
- Coordinates: 40.789363, -72.870025 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7894&lon=-72.8700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11942
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO93LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11942/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA083

## 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

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8612V-1994-06-08), registration cancelled 1994-06-08, S/N 50375 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (registry code 1220701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 503-75
- Airframe hours: 25000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930512013339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930512013339A), May 12, 1993: Bbavia 7KCAB, Shirley, NY, Destroyed. Aircraft executing touch and go , pilot lost control, aircraft spiraled into a wooded area. (.4) the pilot was practicing touch and go landings on runway 24.…

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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