- Date
- October 6, 1986, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yuma, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8727VBellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861006048419A
- Case key
- 25451
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Bellanca 7KCAB lost control and veered off rwy 16. The CFI indicated that the aircraft veered right during landing roll. The student pilot applied left pedal and the aircraft swung left and ground looped. The aircraft dropped off the rwy shoulder, breaking a gear strut. Then the right main gear collapsed, subsequently damaging the right wing spar. The CFI also indicated that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8727V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 525-75
- Airframe hours
- 1,348
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sun Western Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- YUM · Yuma, AZ
- Airport
- Yuma Aux. Fld. 4, runway 16, 2,900 × 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
- 60
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,550 total · 23 in this make and model · 3,472 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YUM, 10 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 N8727V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.