# NTSB ERA21LA260: Bellanca 8KCAB, N1182E, Argyle, NY, June 17, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 17, 2021, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Argyle, NY · 200 yards right of runway
- Coordinates: 43.254528, -73.470194
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2545&lon=-73.4702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103300
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA21LA260
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103300/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103300
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA260

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and experiencing an aerodynamic stall.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 8KCAB, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1220801), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 8KCAB, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md?model=1220801), [All aircraft, 990 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Bellanca 8KCAB, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=1220801), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, while on short final in his tailwheel-equipped airplane, he began to feel “slow.” He added power and realized he had drifted right of the runway centerline. In an attempt to recover, he “pulled back too much on the stick,” and the airplane stalled just above the ground. Subsequently, the airplane impacted right of the runway in a nose-low attitude and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that the airplane had no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1182E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1182E-2023-08-20), registration cancelled 2023-08-20, S/N 316-77, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (registry code 1220801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming AEIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (registry code 41522, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 316-77
- Year built: 1977
- Engines: Lycoming ARIO-360 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: 1C3, Argyle, runway 03/21, 2,400 × 87 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 80; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, unknown; seat: rear

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: GFL, 8 nm away
- METAR: KGFL 171553Z AUTO 07009KT 10SM FEW075 21/09 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142 T02060089

## 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 20210617013159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210617013159A), Jun 17, 2021: Bellanca 8KCAB, Argyle, NY, Substantial damage. On June 17, 2021 [privacy data omitted] flew aircraft N1182E from Argyle Airport (1C3) to the cambridge NY area before flying to glens falls (glf) for fuel.…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 28, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103300. 1.3 MB in all.

- Pilot's statement (item 1, PDF, 3 pages, 345 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12629638&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Mor no pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 127 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12628325&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20No%206120-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 855 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12627886&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf

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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