# NTSB CEN20CA226: Bellanca 17 30, N6681V, Talihina, OK, June 7, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 7, 2020, 13:35 local (18:35 UTC) - Place: Talihina, OK - Coordinates: 34.707778, -95.07389 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7078&lon=-95.0739&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 101426 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20CA226 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101426/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101426 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA226 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a crosswind landing, which resulted in a hard landing and runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent rate](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037/cases.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 242 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Bellanca 17-30, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=1220432), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis After an uneventful local flight in the single-engine airplane, the pilot entered the landing pattern at his destination airport and the windsock indicated an almost perpendicular crosswind of about 10 knots. On final approach, after clearing a tree line, the pilot reduced engine power to land. As engine power and airspeed were reduced, the airplane's rate of descent suddenly increased. The pilot attempted to slow the rate of descent, but the airplane impacted the runway hard and bounced. The airplane exited the runway and impacted a berm. The nose landing gear collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the front lower part of the fuselage and firewall. The pilot stated that, due to the crosswind and the trees at the end and side of the runway, he should have adjusted his landing point further down the runway to avoid possible wind anomalies. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6681V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6681V-2021-10-30), registration cancelled 2021-10-30, S/N 30019, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Bellanca 17 30 (Undesignat) - 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: 30019 - Year built: 1967 - Airframe hours: 1774 - Engines: Continental IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 10, 2019 - Departed: F14, Wichita Falls, TX - Destination: 6F1, Talihina, TX - Airport: 6F1, Talahina Municipal Airport, runway 19, 3,300 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 16, 2019; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 306 total, 41 in this make and model, 208 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 110° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 68 °F - Altimeter: 29.86 inHg - Observed at: RKR, 20 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 20200607006629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200607006629A), Jun 7, 2020: Bellanca 17-30, Talihina, OK, Substantial damage. Landing with a crosswind component, and not maintainig Center line of runway. Mismanaged of flight controls. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 24, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101426. 3.4 MB in all. - NTSB Form 6120 Pilot Operator Report CEN20CA226 (item 1, .PDF, 717 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40485536&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120%20Pilot%20Operator%20Report%20CEN20CA226-Master.PDF - Photo Array Showing Structural Damage CEN20CA226 (item 2, .PDF, 2.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40485538&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%20Array%20Showing%20Structural%20Damage%20CEN20CA226-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. 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