# NTSB CEN12LA147: Bellanca 17-30, N6564V, Kansas City, MO, February 2, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 2, 2012, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC) - Place: Kansas City, MO - Coordinates: 39.149028, -94.57949 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1490&lon=-94.5795&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 7, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA-Kansas City-FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 82808 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12LA147 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82808/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82808 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA147 ## Probable cause The failure of the nosewheel steering pushrod, which resulted in a loss of airplane directional control and runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: landing gear steering system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023250): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Failure (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023250/cases.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023250/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Attain/maintain not possible (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that after touchdown, the airplane suddenly veered off the left side of the runway. During the runway excursion, the airplane struck the precision approach path indicator light system, resulting in substantial damage to both wings. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that a rod end bearing on the nosewheel steering pushrod failed. As a result, the pilot was unable to operate the nosewheel steering. ## Factual narrative On February 2, 2012, about 1310 central standard time, a Bellanca model 17-30 airplane, N6564V, veered off of the left side of the runway while landing at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC), Kansas City, Missouri. During the runway excursion, the airplane struck the precision approach path indicator (PAPI) light system resulting in damage to both wings. The private pilot and flight instructor were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. The aircraft was registered to and operated by the private pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as an personal flight. The pilot was receiving flight instruction at the time the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not operating on a flight plan. The local flight originated about 1145. The pilot reported that after the previous takeoff, the red in-transit landing gear indicator light remained illuminated. He said that he cycled the landing gear and the light went out. The pilot reported that when he lowered the gear for landing at MKC, only two of the three green gear-down indicator lights illuminated. The landing approach was aborted and the pilot cycled the landing gear three times. At that point, all three green gear-down indicator lights illuminated. The pilot reported that the subsequent landing was normal, but as soon as the nose wheel touched down the airplane veered sharply to the left and off the runway. A postaccident examination revealed a fractured spherical rod end for the nosewheel steering pushrod. The rod end was fractured in the threaded portion of the shank. The threaded portion of the rod end, along with the jam nut remained attached to the steering pushrod. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6564V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6564V-2018-05-31), registration cancelled 2018-05-31, S/N 30245, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30 - Registry model: [Bellanca 17-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (registry code 1220432) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 30245 - Airframe hours: 2423 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: MKC, Kansas City, MO - Destination: MKC, Kansas City, MO - Airport: MKC, Charles B. Wheeler Downtown, runway 19, 6,827 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 80; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 21, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 1,035 total, 250 in this make and model, 1,035 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days - Flight instructor; age 73; injuries: none; airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; seat: right ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F - Altimeter: 30.25 inHg - Observed at: MKC ## 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 20120202001609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120202001609A), Feb 2, 2012: Bellanca 17-30, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. During landing on runway 19 at mkc, the nosegear locked to the extreme left, due to failure of the right nose gear steering rod end. This made the nose wheel… ## Other investigations on N6564V (1) 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. - [NTSB CHI72FEE50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEE50), Jan 8, 1972: Bellanca 17-30 (N6564V), Crystal Lake, IL, substantial damage ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 12, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82808. 1.2 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40394024&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Record of Conversation with FAA Inspector (item 2, .PDF, 53 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40394022&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20with%20FAA%20Inspector-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.