- Date
- August 27, 1982, 18:18 local (Aug 28, 1982, 01:18 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2671ZBellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820827044529A
- Case key
- 70989
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Analysis
While landing on runway 28R, the plane veered off the left side of the runway and was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2671Z
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1225-78
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Training Institute, I
- Registered owner
- Werner Ottens
- Departed
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Destination
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Airport
- HWD · Hayward Air Terminal, runway 28R, 3,536 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 918 total · 10 in this make and model · 566 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 153 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.