# NTSB DEN88LA049: Bellanca 8GCBC, N5063J, Clovis, NM, January 12, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 11, 1988, 17:30 local (Jan 12, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Clovis, NM
- Location: 34.4386° N, 103.1942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clovis, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4386&lon=-103.1942&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17435
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17435/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA049

## 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
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot passenger (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - pole (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5063J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5063J-2012-12-10), registration cancelled 2012-12-10, S/N 339-80, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (registry code 1220803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 339-80
- Airframe hours: 1309
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-C1E 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: K Barnett & Sons, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 10, 1987, 61 hours before
- Departed: CVN, CLOVIS, NM
- Airport: CVN, Clovis Municipal, runway 22, 6,200 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 1,200 total, 2 in this make and model, 1,101 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CVN

## 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 19880111022879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880111022879A), Jan 11, 1988: Bbavia 8GCBC, Clovis, NM, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control on a go around after porpoising. Veered off runway and hit a ditch.

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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