# NTSB LAX84LA157: Bellanca 7KCAB, N7571F, Santa Ana, CA, January 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 26, 1984, 10:34 local (18:34 UTC)
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Coordinates: 33.71038, -117.869689 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7104&lon=-117.8697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24153
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24153/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA157

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7571F-1991-09-19), registration cancelled 1991-09-19, S/N 28370 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Bellanca 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Champion 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7kcab) (registry code 21101P3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 283-70
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840126001489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840126001489A), Jan 26, 1984: Bbavia 7KCAB, Santa Ana, CA, Substantial damage. After landing and during taxi in windy condition, tail lifted and aircraft flipped over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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