# NTSB LAX86LA337: Bellanca 7KCAB, N68573, Poston, AZ, September 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1986, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Poston, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.830806, -114.380172 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8308&lon=-114.3802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25245
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA337
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25245/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA337

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

AT THE END OF A LOCAL PRACTICE FLIGHT THE PLT OVERFLEW THE RWY AND OBSERVED THE WIND SOCK. SHE NOTED THE SPEED AND DIRECTION TO BE 5 KTS FROM THE NORTH AND ELECTED TO LAND DOWNWIND FOR EASY ACCESS TO THE FUEL TANKS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH END. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE PLT ADDED POWER TO STRAIGHTEN THE ACFT. THE CONTROL OF THE ACFT WAS NOT MAINTAINED AND IT TRAVELED OFF THE RWY, COLLIDED WITH A BERM AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68573](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68573), registered now, S/N 327-72, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (registry code 1220701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 327-72
- Airframe hours: 1152
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Richard G. Morris
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, April 29, 1986, 63 hours before
- Departed: P20, PARKER, AZ
- Destination: POSTON, AZ
- Airport: PRIV, Bruce Church, runway 19, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 219 total, 8 in this make and model, 178 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 100 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860904087559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860904087559A), Sep 4, 1986: Bbavia 7KCAB, Poston, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot failed to control aircraft and veered off the side of the runway. Aircraft struck a dirt berm.

## Other investigations on N68573 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA99LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA074), Feb 3, 1999: Bellanca 7KCAB (N68573), Crystal River, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during takeoff and his failure to abort the takeoff after directional control was lost.

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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