# NTSB FTW86LA084: Bellanca 14-13, N86874, Pearland, TX, May 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1986, 17:02 local (22:02 UTC)
- Place: Pearland, TX
- Location: 29.5636° N, 95.2860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5636&lon=-95.2860&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22024
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22024/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA084

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ditch

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86874-1989-03-09), registration cancelled 1989-03-09, S/N 1236 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-13
- Registry model: [Bellanca 14-13](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-13) (registry code 1201002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1236
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860512017089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860512017089A), May 12, 1986: Blanca 1413, Pearland, TX, Destroyed. Approach was low and slow. Collided with a ravine short of the runway. Aircraft spun around and burned.

## Other investigations on N86874 (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 CHI72FEA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEA10), Aug 18, 1971: Bellanca 14-13 (N86874), Whitestown, IN, substantial damage

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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