- Date
- October 13, 1984, 11:58 local (18:58 UTC)
- Place
- Porterville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53860Bellanca 73CA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841013076119A
- Case key
- 24426
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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.
Analysis
The acft crashed after an inflt loss of control during both the landing flare & subsequent go around attempt. The plt stated that he was approaching touchdown in a three point attitude when 'a gust of wind suddenly pushed (the acft) to the right of the runway.' The plt further stated that 'it crabbed on me and then started out across the field.' Adding power to initiate a go around, the plt said that 'everything seemed to be going fine until all of a sudden the right wing dropped radically.' The plt was not able to regain control of the acft & collided with a chain link fence & an acft factory building off the right side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53860
- Reported as
- Bellanca 73CA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1131076
- Airframe hours
- 37,339
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Patroline, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 9, 1984 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- 308 · Coalinga, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PTV · Porterville Muni, runway 30, 6,000 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 30 in this make and model · 109 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 36 nm away
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 N53860 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.