# NTSB CHI82DA136: Bellanca 7ECA, N53801, Maple Lake, MN, April 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 24, 1982, 11:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place: Maple Lake, MN
- Coordinates: 44.969352, -93.279769 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9694&lon=-93.2798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71567
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71567/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA136

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fatigue, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING IN STRONG CROSSWIND CONDITIONS WITH GUSTS TO 22 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT CURRENTLY PROFICIENT IN CROSSWIND LANDING, SHOULD HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE TO LAND BUT HAD FRIENDS WAITING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N53801](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53801), registered now, S/N 1119-75, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (registry code 1220460) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1119-75
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Wings Inc.
- Registered owner: Wings Inc.
- Departed: ANOKA, MN
- Destination: MAPLE LAKE, MN
- Airport: Y33, Maple Lake, runway 28, 2,700 × 60 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 206 total, 43 in this make and model, 144 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 163 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MPS

## 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 19820424014109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820424014109A), Apr 24, 1982: Bbavia 7ECA, Maple Lake, MN, Destroyed. Lost directionl control on landing. Ran through a ditch and struck a parked aircraft.

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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