- Date
- August 4, 1987, 12:18 local (18:18 UTC)
- Place
- Taos, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53811Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870804045009A
- Case key
- 17292
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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 plt attempted to land on rwy 22 with a left quartering x-wind. Drg the landing, the acft bounced twice, then veered to the right & went off the rwy. The plt applied power & initiated a go-around. The acft became airborne, but its right wing struck the vertical stabilizer of a Cessna 340, then the acft cartwheeled & subsequently came to rest in an inverted attitude. The 1323 MDT wind at Taos was from 170 deg at 10 gusting 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53811
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 215-75
- Airframe hours
- 514
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elizabeth G. Medary
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1986 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- 50F · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- SKX
- Airport
- SKX · Taos Muni, runway 22, 5,800 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 389 total · 71 in this make and model · 270 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- E23, 1 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.