- Date
- April 23, 1982, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spearfish, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5066GBellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820423011109A
- Case key
- 72662
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot departed on runway 30 to practice touch and go landings. He immediately entered the traffic pattern for runway 26. He said he made a power on, soft field landing, touching down at 65 knots IAS, and then immediately started a takeoff. Reportedly after lift-off, he lowered the nose to gain additional airspeed, and began to climb. At about 100 to 150 ft AGL, the aircraft began to settle back towards the runway. The pilot said that he attempted to raise the airspeed and maintain altitude, but was unable. The aircraft touched down, overran the departure end of the runway, and struck a fence. After landing, the wind sock indicated a quartering tailwind. An investigation indicated that there should have been sufficient runway available for a touch and go landing. The density altitude was calculated to be 5885 ft MSL. There were four runways at this airport. The density altitude was about 5700 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5066G
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 133180
- Airframe hours
- 734
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-K2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Star Aviation
- Registered owner
- Daniel P. Custis, Jr.
- Departed
- SPF · Spearfish, SD
- Destination
- SPF · Spearfish, SD
- Airport
- SPF · Black Hills, runway 26, 2,975 × 100 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAP, 42 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.