- Date
- October 5, 1983, 17:04 local (Oct 6, 1983, 00:04 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88314Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831005073779A
- Case key
- 24052
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Analysis
The acft groundlooped during landing after an aerial glider tow. The plt reported that he had performed 23 glider tows that day and he may have become fatigued. He was accustumed to making a low level turn to a short final from a base leg at 100 ft AGL. This time his airspeed was slower. The plt said he experienced a 'mind void'. He said that when he touched down he was in a slip and landed on the left main wheel. The gear failed and the acft groundlooped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88314
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 482-74
- Airframe hours
- 1,390
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bret G. Willat
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 15, 1983 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- 8Q7 · Sky Sailing
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 484 total · 55 in this make and model · 357 as pilot in command · 187 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °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.
Other investigations on N88314 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.