# NTSB DEN01LA079: Bellanca 8GCBC, N88352, Las Vegas, NM, March 29, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 2001, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NM
- Coordinates: 35.589309, -105.219779 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5893&lon=-105.2198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 14, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51984
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN01LA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51984/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA079

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll.  Factors were weather evaluation by the pilot and rough terrain off the side of the runway.

## 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 - tailwind
  - weather evaluation - inaccurate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The pilot was conducting his final landing from a local flight, on which he had stayed in the pattern. He landed on runway 20 with a right quartering tail wind of approximately 6 knots.  During landing roll, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway into rough terrain.  The landing gear was sheared off and the left wing buckled.

## Factual narrative

On March 29, 2001, at 1430 mountain standard time, a Bellanca 8GCBC, N88352, sustained substantial damage when it departed the side of the runway into rough terrain during landing roll at Las Vegas, New Mexico.  The private pilot and sole occupant was not injured.  The flight was being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this local area personal flight which originated at 1415.

According to the pilot, he was flying in the pattern to warm the engine for an oil change.  He said the wind sock indicated a right crosswind and that his landing was normal.  During landing roll, according to his account, a wind gust lifted the right wing and he lost directional control and the aircraft exited the left side of the runway where it hit a depression causing the main landing gear to collapse.  The left wing then hit the ground and buckled.

The landing was made on runway 20 and, at the time, the wind was from 360 degrees at 7 knots.  This provided a quartering tail wind of approximately 6 knots during the landing roll.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N88352](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88352), registered now, S/N 116-74, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Bellanca 8GCBC
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (registry code 1220803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 116-74
- Airframe hours: 14500
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-C2E 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Donald A. Pederson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 29, 2000, 90 hours before
- Departed: LVS, LAS VEGAS, NM
- Airport: LVS, Las Vegas Municipal, runway 20, 5,001 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review January 10, 2001; seat: front; flight hours: 355 total, 100 in this make and model, 280 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 29.76 inHg
- Observed at: LVS, 1 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 20010329004359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010329004359A), Mar 29, 2001: Bbavia 8GCBC, Las Vegas, NM, Substantial damage. (-19) On March 29, 2001, at 1550 MST, a Bellanca 8GCBC, N88352, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing roll at Las Vegas, new Mexico.…

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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