- Date
- March 21, 1988, 17:15 local (Mar 22, 1988, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8929Bellanca 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880321006799A
- Case key
- 17460
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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 CFI rated plt and his CFI rated passenger were practicing touch and go landings. The plt reported that the winds were light and variable. The plt reported that the tail wheel chattered during the last touchdown, and the aircraft swerved to the left. The plt added some right rudder which did not help. The plt added right brake. The aircraft swerved to the right and control was lost. The aircraft ground looped to the right, damaging the left main gear and collapsing the tail wheel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8929
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 255-73
- Airframe hours
- 1,264
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Link Training Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1987 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- GXY
- Airport
- GXY · Greeley-Weld Co., runway 27, 7,035 × 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 914 total · 14 in this make and model · 740 as pilot in command · 193 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.