# NTSB CHI83LA307: Bellanca Citabria 7ECA, N11675, Leslie, MI, July 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1983, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Leslie, MI
- Coordinates: 42.449375, -84.430961 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4494&lon=-84.4310&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12256
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA307
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12256/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA307

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate transition/upgrade training, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED. THE ACFT DRIFTED LEFT OFF THE RWY AND NOSED OVER IN A PLOWED AREA. THE LANDING WAS ON RWY 18 AND THE WIND WAS FROM 270 DEGREES AT 8 KTS. THE STUDENT PILOT SAID HE NEEDED MORE DUAL TIME IN CROSSWIND LANDINGS. HE HAD 11 HOURS DUAL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11675](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11675), registered now, S/N 850-72, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA CITABRIA 7ECA (CITABRIA 7)
- 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: 850-72
- Airframe hours: 830
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kenneth E. Makin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 12, 1982, 43 hours before
- Airport: Taylor Field, runway 18, 1,650 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F
- Observed at: JXN, 11 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 19830708029799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830708029799A), Jul 8, 1983: Bbavia 7ECA, Leslie, MI, Substantial damage. Bounced on crosswind landing. Drifted off runway and touched down in plowed field. Aircraft nosed over.

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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