- Date
- June 27, 1986, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mammoth, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7687BBellanca 14-19-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860627028389A
- Case key
- 25195
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Analysis
The plt lost control of the acft & it collided with terrain during a landing to rwy 27. The plt indicated that the winds were from 190 deg at 15 gusting 20 KTS. Reportedly, he landed on rwy 27 with an indicated airspeed of 80 mph. During the landing roll, a gust of wind was encountered & the acft veered left & ground looped off the rwy. The main gear collapsed when the aircraft crossed the rwy shoulder onto rough terrain. The plt also indicated that he had received a weather briefing from a fss. The winds were forcast to be from 190 deg at 15 gusting 20 KTS at the destination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7687B
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4038
- Airframe hours
- 2,141
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James D. Roberts
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- TSP · Techachapi, CA
- Destination
- MMH · Mammoth, CA
- Airport
- MMH · Mammoth-June Lakes, runway 27, 7,000 × 100 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
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,083 total · 800 in this make and model · 2,930 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 41 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.