# NTSB LAX84LA316: Bellanca 7ECA, N2980F, King City, CA, May 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1984, 17:51 local (May 27, 1984, 00:51 UTC)
- Place: King City, CA
- Coordinates: 36.199615, -120.940444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1996&lon=-120.9404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24282
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA316
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24282/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA316

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT RIGHT WING DRAGGED THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF; THE ACFT CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO REST AGAINST A TRACTOR. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE BEGAN A TURN AT 500 FT AGL AND THE ACFT ENTERED AN ACCELERATED STALL. A PASSENGER REPORTED THATTHE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AT 60-70 MPH AND AT 30-40 FT AGL THE PLT BEGAN A RIGHT CLIMBING TURN. THE PLT SAID HE WAS GOING100 MPH AND THE PREVAILING WINDS TURNED THE ACFT TO THE RIGHT AND CAUSED THE WING TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2980F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2980F-1997-03-25), registration cancelled 1997-03-25, S/N 135280 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7eca) (registry code 1220460) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1352-80
- Airframe hours: 568
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-K2C 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Rollings Hill Aviation
- Registered owner: Walter A. Martin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 14, 1984, 64 hours before
- Destination: LSN, LOS BANOS, CA
- Airport: KIC, Mesa Del Ray, runway 29, 4,487 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 177 total, 65 in this make and model, 147 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SNS

## 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 19840526019019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840526019019A), May 26, 1984: Bbavia 7ECA, King City, CA, Destroyed. Pilot attempted a right climbing turn after takeoff, airplane stalled and started to spin when it struck the ground

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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