- Date
- June 18, 1983, 18:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Clifton, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28008Bellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830618074649A
- Case key
- 20937
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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
On final apch to land, the plt saw 2 buzzards & added power while maneuvering to avoid theem, then continued the apch. This resulted in landing beyond the intended touchdown point. The middle of the rwy was higher than either end; therefore, the plt was unable to see a large canine that was moving toward the landing area until the acft was about halfway down the rwy. A go-around was initiated, but as the gear was retracted, the wheels contacted treetops near the end of the rwy. The acft subsequently came to rest in a milo field about 250 yds from the initial tree impact after flying thru additional trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28008
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78-30868
- Airframe hours
- 931
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-K1A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Airspace Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 13, 1982
- Departed
- F72 · Fort Worht, TX
- Airport
- 7F7 · Clifton, runway 32, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,629 total · 214 in this make and model · 1,520 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 57 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.