- Date
- January 26, 1984, 10:34 local (18:34 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7571FBellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840126001489A
- Case key
- 24153
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather condition - high windFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Compensation for wind conditions - not possible
Analysis
While taxiing after landing, a gust of wind overturned the acft. The winds were gusting to 40 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7571F
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 283-70
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur Shipkey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Airport
- SNA · Orange Co, runway 1L, 5,700 × 150 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 1,900 in this make and model · 2,800 as pilot in command · 245 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.