- Date
- July 23, 1985, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Logan, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7685BBellanca 14-19-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850723037649A
- Case key
- 16735
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedFactor
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The plt lost directional control while landing on a gravel road. Subsequently, the acft was damaged when it veered to the right & went into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7685B
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4036
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billingsley Engr. P.C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1984 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- STR · Santa Rosa, NM
N7685BRegistered now · Bellanca 14-19-2Airframe modelBellanca 14-19-2Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 74 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.