# NTSB DEN87LA209: Bellanca 8KCAB, N53811, Taos, NM, August 4, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1987, 12:18 local (18:18 UTC)
- Place: Taos, NM
- Coordinates: 36.380546, -105.569343 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3805&lon=-105.5693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17292
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17292/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA209

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53811-2012-09-20), registration cancelled 2012-09-20, S/N 215-75, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (registry code 1220801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 215-75
- Airframe hours: 514
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870804045009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870804045009A), Aug 4, 1987: Bbavia 8KCAB, Taos, NM, Substantial damage. Veered off runway during go around after touchdown in gusty crosswinds. Struck parked aircraft and inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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