- Date
- September 3, 2023, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Baltimore, MD · On AIrport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74TRBellanca 17-30A
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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
- FAA report
- 20230903015149A
- Case key
- 193284
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the aborted landing, which resulted in a collision with a taxiway light.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land when the airplane bounced after touchdown and turned into the wind like a weathervane. The pilot aborted the landing, but as the airplane began to climb, it struck a taxiway light. The pilot thought he struck the left landing gear and contacted the control tower who confirmed that all three-landing gear appeared down and locked. The pilot was able to return to the airport and land without incident. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed the left horizontal stabilizer was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74TR
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 74-30713
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anderson Chercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 2023
- Departed
- HQU · Thomson, GA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MTN · Martin State, runway 15/33, 6,997 × 180 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, Handheld GPS
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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 24, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 224 total · 224 in this make and model · 224 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KMTN
- METAR
- METAR KMTN 031643Z 11008KT 10SM FEW060 31/12 A3000
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 13, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.