- Date
- July 15, 1993, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Vassar, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2695ZBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930715027609A
- Case key
- 15759
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated the airplane rose on a gust of wind after he had flared for landing, and he applied power for a go-around. The airplane drifted left and struck trees adjacent to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2695Z
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1015-78
- Airframe hours
- 1,245
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis A. Opperman
- Registered owner
- Dennis A. Opperman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1993 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 4P4
- Airport
- 4P4 · Tanke Field, runway 28, 1,225 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 20 in this make and model · 131 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT, 25 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.