- Date
- August 16, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Yuma, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5138XBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820816038439A
- Case key
- 73115
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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 that as he touched down the aircraft porpoised "a couple of times." When the aircraft had slowed to approximately 25-30 mph it ran off the runway into soft dirt and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5138X
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 159
- Airframe hours
- 1,570
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A-2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frederick L. Hill
- Registered owner
- Frederick L. Hill
- Departed
- 7nm East Of Yum, CO
- Destination
- 7nm East Of Yum, CO
- Airport
- 2V6 · Yuma Municipal, runway 17, 4,100 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 30 in this make and model · 46 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5138X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.