# NTSB FTW88LA144: Bellanca 7ECA, N57430, Kingsland, TX, August 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1988, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Kingsland, TX
- Coordinates: 30.65936, -98.44931 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6594&lon=-98.4493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22670
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88LA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22670/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA144

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Analysis

THE TAIL-DRAGGER TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT GEAR, THEN THE RIGHT GEAR.  THE PILOT APPLIED POWER FOR A GO-AROUND BUT HE SAID HE THEN CUT IT OFF BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO BE GOING SO CLOSE TO THE HANGAR.  THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND EVENTUALLY COLLIDED WITH THREE AIRPLANES, AN ULTRALITE AND THE HANGAR THEY WERE HOUSED IN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N57430](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57430), registered now, S/N 944-73, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (registry code 1220460) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 944-73
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jackson, Donald B.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 13, 1988
- Departed: 2KL
- Airport: 2KL, Sunrise Beach, runway 12, 2,300 × 130 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Observed at: AUS

## 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 19880807038909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880807038909A), Aug 7, 1988: Bbavia 7ECA, Kingsland, TX, Substantial damage. Lost control on a touch and go. Veered off runway into a hangar and struck 3 parked aircraft. On third solo flight.

## Other investigations on N57430 (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 NYC04CA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA155), Jul 3, 2004: Bellanca 7ECA (N57430), North Creek, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. A factor in this accident was the pilot's lack of experience in tail-wheeled airplanes.

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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