- Date
- January 24, 1984, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Healdsburg, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5026SBellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840124002869A
- Case key
- 24150
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that a gust of wind pushed up the left wing & the acft veered off the rwy. The acft then went down a shallow grade & impacted bushes. He reported the wind was from 330 deg at 10 gusting 18 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5026S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1326-79
- Airframe hours
- 1,958
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-K2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chuck Hunter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1983 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- 0Q3 · Sonoma, CA
- Airport
- 031 · Healdsburg Muni, runway 31, 2,707 × 45 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 57 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.