# NTSB ERA22LA336: Bellanca 7KCAB, N8680V, East Haddam, CT, July 17, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 17, 2022, 20:20 UTC - Place: East Haddam, CT · airport runway - Coordinates: 41.445654, -72.455642 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4457&lon=-72.4556&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor - 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 (Bradley) - NTSB case key (mKey): 105581 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA336 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105581/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105581 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA336 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 7KCAB, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1220701), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Bellanca 7KCAB, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1220701), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Bellanca 7KCAB, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1220701), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Bellanca 7KCAB, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1220701), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis On the final flight of the evening, after performing six previous flights, all of which were uneventful, the pilot took a passenger up for a final flight in calm wind conditions. After the flight that lasted about 10 minutes, he returned to land. During landing, the touchdown felt “good”, but the airplane began to veer to the left and he reacted too slowly. He attempted to correct with right rudder, then added power to abort the landing but the airplane continued to turn left and departed the runway surface. During the runway excursion the right landing gear separated and the right wing impacting the ground resulting in substantial damage to the airframe. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8680V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8680V-2023-12-30), registration cancelled 2023-12-30, S/N 513-75, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7KCAB - Registry model: [Bellanca 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (registry code 1220701) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 513-75 - Year built: 1975 - Airframe hours: 4200 - Engines: Lycoming IO-320 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 28, 2021, 4,250 hours before - Airport: 42B, Goodspeed, runway 32, 2,120 × 50 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: front; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 1,300 total, 47 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk - Wind: 190° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 30.03 inHg - Observed at: SNC, 4 nm away - METAR: METAR KSNC 180015Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM CLR 24/22 A3003 RMK AO2= ## 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 20220717012359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220717012359A), Jul 17, 2022: Bellanca 7KCAB, East Haddam, CT, Substantial damage. On 07/17/2022 at approximately 1945 zulu hours aircraft[privacy data omitted], model BL-7KCAB, landed on runway 32 at the Goodspeed Airport (42B) (East… ## Docket (7 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 16, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105581. 5.7 MB in all. - Pilot's statement (item 1, PDF, 3 pages, 58 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14254330&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=N8680V%20Accident%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of conversation_FAA (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 93 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14253638&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation_FAA_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Mechanic to FAA damage assessment (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 409 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14254134&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Mechanics%20Damage%20Assessment%20to%20FAA_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record_passenger statement (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 171 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14253679&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record_Passenger%20e-mail_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot logbook excerpt (item 5, PDF, 1 page, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14254869&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Logbook%20Excerpt_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Maintenance records excerpt (item 6, PDF, 1 page, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14254360&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Maintenance%20Records%20Excerpt_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo array_ accident site and damage (item 7, PDF, 3 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14254619&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Site%20and%20Damage%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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