- Date
- September 5, 1987, 09:48 local (14:48 UTC)
- Place
- Graford, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N68529Bellanca 7ACA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22275
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot departed possum kingdom airport and entered a crosswind turn. The pilot heard a loud 'pop' and could not move the aileron control to recover from the turn. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into a lake. The aileron pulley for the right aileron cable had failed allowing the cable to bind against the pulley bushing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68529
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ACA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5972
- Airframe hours
- 580
- Engine
- Franklin 2A120A, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Douglass
- Registered owner
- Robert Douglass
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1987 · 7 hours before
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 220 total · 20 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWL, 21 nm away
Other investigations on N68529 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.