- Date
- May 12, 1986, 17:02 local (22:02 UTC)
- Place
- Pearland, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N86874Bellanca 14-13
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860512017089A
- Case key
- 22024
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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
The plt was practicing touch & go landings at a local arpt. While making his apch, he undershot the rwy and the acft collided with a ravine. The plt reported that the airspeed was too slow and alt was too low. He continued to state that he should have made a go around rather than attempting to save the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86874
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1236
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Ellison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- T29 · Peraland, runway 16, 2,400 × 30 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
- 54
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 20 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 20 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.
Other investigations on N86874 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.