# NTSB FTW84LA278: Bellanca 8GCBC, N5060K, Spiro, OK, June 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 20, 1984, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Spiro, OK
- Coordinates: 35.460803, -94.800567 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4608&lon=-94.8006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA278
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21373/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA278

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING IN AN ALFALFA FIELD, HE MADE THE APPROACH AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPEED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT OVERRAN THE ALFALFA FIELD & WENT INTO A PLOWED FIELD WHERE IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5060K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5060K-1991-04-05), registration cancelled 1991-04-05, S/N 32979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (registry code 1220803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8GCBC
- Airframe hours: 369
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-C2E 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Diamond E. Ag Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 2M3, SALLISAW, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 7,875 total, 615 in this make and model, 7,875 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLC, 70 nm away

## 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 19840620074889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840620074889A), Jun 20, 1984: Bbavia 8GCBC, Spiro, OK, Substantial damage. Overshot landing into alfalfa field. Rolled into plowed field, nosed over.

## Other investigations on N5060K (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 NYC87FA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA272), Aug 18, 1987: Bellanca 8GCBC (N5060K), Martha Vineyard, MA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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