- Date
- September 30, 1986, 17:10 local (Oct 1, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Chino, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N87020Bellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860930046879A
- Case key
- 25266
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ground looped in a freshly plowed field during a forced landing after completing a banner tow operation. The plt indicated that he had just entered a downwind traffic pattern for the banner release area when the eng began to run rough and lose power. He moved the mixture control to the full rich position and pumped the throttle. The eng regained power momentarily and then quit. The acft was aprx 600 ft AGL and the plt decided not to attempt a restart. He released the banner and landed into the wind on a freshly plowed field. The acft's right main landing gear collapsed on landing roll. The acft was transported to the arpt and the eng was run without incident and was capable of producing full power. It was noted that the flame tube located in the acft's muffler system was disintegrating. It was suspected that the pieces of the flame tube may have blocked the muffler outlet, but the malfunction could not be duplicated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87020
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52-74
- Airframe hours
- 4,020
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2E, 189 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hunter, Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1986 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- CNO · Chino, runway 26, 3,858 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 921 total · 433 in this make and model · 745 as pilot in command · 305 in the last 90 days · 86 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ONT, 5 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 N87020 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.