- Date
- January 2, 2011, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clovis, NM
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8516RBellanca 1419
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Lubbock FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110102000199A
- Case key
- 78088
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that during landing he lost directional control and the airplane departed the left side of the runway and impacted an airport sign. The airplane was substantially damaged when the landing gear collapsed and the top skin of the right wing partially separated. The wind reported at the time of the accident was from 250 degrees at 13 knots.
Factual narrative
The pilot said the nosewheel had just touched down on a normal full stop landing when he lost control. The airplane departed the left side of the landing runway, impacted airport signage and other obstructions, and came to rest 450 to the left of the centerline. The airplane was substantially damaged when the landing gear collapsed and the top skin of the right wing partially separated. The winds reported at the time of the accident were from 30 degrees to the right of the runway alignment at 13 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8516R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 1419 (3)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4278
- Airframe hours
- 3,080
- Engine
- Continental IO470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 2010 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- CVN · Clovis, NM
- Destination
- CVN · Clovis, NM
- Airport
- CVN · Clovis Municipal Airport, runway 22, 6,200 × 150 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 18, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 77 total · 28 in this make and model
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Observed at
- KCVN
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 10, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.