- Date
- August 26, 2017, 20:15 local (Aug 27, 2017, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36KCBellanca 14 19
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20170827015869A
- Case key
- 96098
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, the airplane's airspeed was fast during the landing, and the airplane veered to the left during the landing roll. The airplane exited the left side of the runway, and the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The METAR at the accident airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was calm, and the sky was clear. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, the airplane's airspeed was fast during the landing, and the airplane veered to the left during the landing roll. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The METAR at the accident airport, about the time of the accident, reported that the wind was calm, and skies were clear. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36KC
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14 19 (3A)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4304
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 2,343.2
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 2017
- Departed
- KRDD · Redding, CA
- Destination
- KRDD · Redding, CA
- Airport
- RDD · Redding Muni, runway 16, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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
- 38
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 36 in this make and model · 157 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- KRDD, 1 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 30, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 MB in all.
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 N36KC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.