- Date
- August 29, 1985, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Germantown, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N53982Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850829047129A
- Case key
- 13205
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On return to the airfield, the acft lost pwr in the turn to final apch. The plt turned to an unprepared fld in order to avoid obstacles. During the landing roll the acft struck a fence post and fence. The plt stated the accident could have been avoided by making certain sufficient fuel was on board the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53982
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 239-76
- Airframe hours
- 2,233
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Verlin Mcintosh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1985
- Airport
- Hummel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 676 total · 16 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.