# NTSB CEN24LA306: Bellanca 8GCBC, N188RS, Cleveland, MS, July 31, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 31, 2024, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC) - Place: Cleveland, MS - Coordinates: 33.744, -90.725 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7440&lon=-90.7250&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration, Jackson FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 194869 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA306 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194869/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194869 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA306 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to attain/maintain directional control and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) - [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Bellanca 8GCBC, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=1220803), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was for him to fulfill insurance rental requirements. The pilot, accompanied by a flight instructor, successfully completed four wheel landings and then performed three 3-point landings. During the subsequent landing by the pilot, the airplane drifted toward the right of the runway. The pilot applied left rudder control input to maintain the runway centerline, but the airplane continued its’ drift. The pilot applied full brakes prior to the airplane departing the right side of the runway and into a grass area where the right main landing gear struck uneven terrain, which resulted in the airplane nosing over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and right wing strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N188RS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N188RS), registered now, S/N 341-80, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC - Registry model: [Bellanca 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (registry code 1220803) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 341-80 - Year built: 1979 - Airframe hours: 4649.56 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-C1E 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Goff Bayou LLC - Registered owner: Goff Bayou LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 24, 2024 - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: RNV, Cleveland Municipal Airport, runway 18, 5,005 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 19; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 156 total, 11 in this make and model, 87 as pilot in command, 67 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours - Flight instructor; age 43; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 30, 2023; seat: rear; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,927 total, 52 in this make and model, 1,860 as pilot in command, 255 in the last 90 days, 85 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 81 °F - Altimeter: 30.06 inHg - Observed at: RNV ## 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 20240731010359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240731010359A), Jul 31, 2024: Bellanca 8GCBC, Cleveland, MS, Substantial damage. July 31, 2024, @ 10:00 a.m. (CST)Cleveland Ms. Airport (krnv)runway 18 Purpose of this flight was to complete 1O hours of flight time in Bellanca scout (8GCBC)… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 19, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194869. 2.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17842954&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 545 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17647177&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Template-Rel.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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