- Date
- February 26, 1983, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Havre, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7917SBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830226022959A
- Case key
- 16060
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he was taking off from a dirt strip on his farm to check on some cattle from the air. During the takeoff roll, the left main gear went into some mud & pulled the acft to the left. Subsequently, the acft contacted frozen dirt piles & some wheat furrows, and the right main gear collapsed. The plt reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the acft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7917S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 943-76
- Airframe hours
- 1,376
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stanley M. Knudson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1982
- Airport
- runway 27, 2,400 × ft, dirt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 20 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.