- Date
- June 30, 1991, 15:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90994Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910630024859A
- Case key
- 18107
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for the crosswind. Factors were: a crosswind condition, and the pilot's total lack of experience.
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 pilot made a full flap approach to runway 11, noted a direct crosswind from the southwest at 15 to 20 knots, and decided to do a wheel landing. As the tail settled, the airplane turned right and started skipping to the left on the main tires. The pilot added full power in an attempt to go around. He had already applied full aft elevator and full aileron into the wind. The airplane departed the left side of the runway and entered a grass area. The left main landing gear collapsed after striking the taxiway. The left wing then struck the ground and the airplane skidded to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90994
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 442-73
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Air West
- Registered owner
- Air West
- Departed
- GXY · Greeley, CO
- Airport
- ZV2 · Longmont Municipal, runway 11, 4,800 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 545 total · 2 in this make and model · 503 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.