- Date
- December 25, 1986, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ovid, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1068EBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861225071559A
- Case key
- 17160
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Analysis
The plt saw smoke from engine compartment on climb to cruise. He made a forced landing after cirling the field. During landing roll, the plt applied excessive braking and the acft nosed over. There was a post accident fire.
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
- N1068E
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 253-77
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louis I. Deterding
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1985
- Departed
- CNP · Chappell, NE
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,630 total · 100 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKO, 68 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.