# NTSB CHI99LA345: Bellanca 8KCAB, N53895, Troy, MO, September 18, 1999 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: September 18, 1999, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Troy, MO - Coordinates: 38.970127, -90.979454 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9701&lon=-90.9795&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 4, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 47582 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI99LA345 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47582/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA345 ## Probable cause the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing. Factors in the accident were the proper alignment not attained by the pilot and the trees. ## 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 - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - tree(s) - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - downhill (contributing factor) ## Analysis The pilot said he lost control of the airplane during landing on a sod runway. According to the pilot, he touched down near the right side of the runway and attempted to center the aircraft on the runway. The aircraft continued to the right side of the runway. He said the aircraft was slow to turn to the left as it approached a group of parked aircraft, so he decided to make a sharp right turn to avoid the aircraft. Shortly after making the sharp right turn the airplane collided with trees. ## Factual narrative On September 18, 1999, at 1430 central daylight time (cdt), a Bellanca 8KCAB, N53895, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when it collided with trees following a loss of control during its landing roll on runway 26 (40 feet by 2700 feet, dry sod) at the Troy Airpark, Troy, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot reported no injuries. The flight departed Troy, Missouri, at 1410 cdt. The pilot said he had landed the airplane "...near the right edge of the runway." He said he applied the airplane's brakes but it kept "...moving to the right off the side of the runway." The pilot said the clearway's terrain slopes down and away from the runway. He said the airplane was slow to turn to the left as it approached a group of parked airplanes. He said he decided to make a sharp right turn to avoid the airplanes since the airplane was not turning to the left, as he desired. He said the sharp right turn resulted in the airplane striking a stand of trees. The on-scene investigation revealed the airplane's left wing spar was cracked, the left side of the fuselage was twisted, the left main landing gear was collapsed, and the longerons surrounding the damaged landing gear mount were twisted and collapsed inward. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N53895](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53895), registered now, S/N 229-76 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Bellanca 8KCAB - Registry model: [Bellanca 8KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (registry code 1220801) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 229-76 - Airframe hours: 2763 - Engines: Lycoming AEIO-320-E1B reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Paul Smith - Registered owner: Decathelon Training, Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic - Last inspection: Annual, April 23, 1999, 98 hours before - Departed: O2MO, TROY, MO - Destination: O2MO - Airport: 02MO, Troy Airpark, runway 26, 2,700 × 40 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 375 total, 166 in this make and model, 293 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 50° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 45 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: STL, 37 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 19990918043069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918043069A), Sep 18, 1999: Bbavia 8KCAB, Troy, MO, No damage. (-23) Mr. Smith (cert 489645763) was landing on runway 26 at Troy, MO. (02MO) on touch down he lost directional control of the a/c and veered off the runway to… From the NTSB's public API. 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