- Date
- November 22, 1982, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9611SBellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821122059639A
- Case key
- 70613
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Analysis
The pilot reported that he made a wheel landing on runway 33 with the wind variable from 360 deg at 15 gusting 25 knots. As the tailwheel was lowered, the aircraft veered to the right. He corrected back to the left and initiated a go-around, but the aircraft struck barrels beside the runway and nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9611S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 82
- Airframe hours
- 1,920
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Methven
- Registered owner
- Robert Methven
- Departed
- 48V · Erie, CO
- Destination
- C · Brighton, CO
- Airport
- 48V · Erie Tri County, runway 33, 5,400 × 75 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,170 total · 14 in this make and model · 2,620 as pilot in command · 395 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 93 °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 N9611S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.