- Date
- July 19, 1983, 21:15 local (Jul 20, 1983, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cody, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88399Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830719037169A
- Case key
- 16119
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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 acft groundlooped during landing and damaged the landing gear. The pilot had 80 hours in tailwheel acft but only 1.6IN the accident make and model. The landing was on rwy 22 and the wind was from 130 degrees at 10 to 12 KTS. The plt slipped the acft on final approach and made a full stall flare and touchdown. After touchdown the wind picked up the left wing and the acft turned left. During the turn the right main gear separated from the acft. The plt said he was notfamiliar with the brakes and may have inadvertantly applied one of the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88399
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 777-75
- Airframe hours
- 676
- Engine
- Lycoming 0320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mccue Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Christensen Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 28, 1983 · 53 hours before
- Airport
- COD · Faust Regional, runway 22, 7,100 × 100 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 453 total · 2 in this make and model · 340 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
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 N88399 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.