- Date
- August 27, 1982, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ynez, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5049UBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820827042329A
- Case key
- 72548
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed short of the rwy during a local flt. The landing approach was to rwy 26 and the wind according to a witness was from 225 degrees at 10 KTS. Another witness account stated that the acft approached the rwy at a 90 degree angel with the right wing down at an alt of 20-25 ft. the acft appeared to have a high sink rate and hit the ground off the rwy on the nose and right wing and slid up on the rwy and ended up heading east in the middle of the rwy. The witness observed that the landing gear was torn off with one main wheel bouncing 30 ft into the air and rolling off toward the windsock. The owner stated that he felt this acft tended to wind cock because of the large vertical fin and he thought the wind was gusty because of the "dust devils" he sighted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5049U
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 314-79
- Airframe hours
- 723
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shy Y. Smith
- Registered owner
- Shy Y. Smith
- Departed
- IZA · Santa Ynez, CA
- Destination
- IZA · Santa Ynez, CA
- Airport
- IZA · Santa Ynez, runway 26, 2,805 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 630 total · 35 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
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