# NTSB FTW82DA125: Bellanca 7ECA, N4193Y, Lubbock, TX, March 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1982, 14:43 local (20:43 UTC)
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Coordinates: 33.590667, -101.849227 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5907&lon=-101.8492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71508
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71508/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA125

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose down, taxi - to takeoff
  - weather condition - high wind (cause)
  - weather evaluation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper assistance - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING TO TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED AN INCREASE IN WIND AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE RAMP. AS HE TURNED LEFT THE WIND PICKED UP THE RIGHT WING AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER. THE WIND WAS AT 24 KTS. GUSTING TO 34 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4193Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4193Y-1994-05-18), registration cancelled 1994-05-18, S/N 119277 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (registry code 1220460) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1192-77
- Airframe hours: 540
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: G. T. Aviation
- Registered owner: G. T. Aviation
- Departed: LBB, LUBBOCK, TX
- Destination: MIDLAND, TX
- Airport: LBB, Lubbock International, runway 26, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,488 total, 78 in this make and model, 3,364 as pilot in command, 96 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 24 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 192 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LBB

## Other investigations on N4193Y (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX92LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA127), Feb 25, 1992: Bellanca 7ECA (N4193Y), Apple Valley, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND INADVERTENT STALL. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS ENGINE FUEL EXHAUSTION FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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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