# NTSB FTW87LA053: Bellanca Scout, N7670S, Boyd, TX, February 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 3, 1987, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Boyd, TX
- Coordinates: 33.079162, -97.559036 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0792&lon=-97.5590&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22322
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22322/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA053

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

A PRIVATE PILOT LANDED ON HIS PRIVATE STRIP MADE OF SOFT SANDY SOIL, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED BREAKING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR 'U' BOLT AND CENTER BOLT. THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7670S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7670S), registered now, S/N 218-76, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA SCOUT
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (registry code 1220803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 218-76
- Airframe hours: 415
- Engines: LYCOMING AE-10-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Herbert W.Jennings
- Registered owner: Wayne Jennings
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 6, 1987, 4 hours before
- Departed: 61F, SPRING TOWN, TX
- Destination: BOYD, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 495 total, 100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW, 23 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 19870203001609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870203001609A), Feb 3, 1987: Bbavia 8GCBC, Boyd, TX, Substantial damage. The plane ground looped during landing on a Private airstrip. The plane touched down in a rough part of the turf.

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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