- Date
- June 6, 1987, 17:00 local (Jun 7, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rancho Calif, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N86789Bellanca 14-13-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870606020299A
- Case key
- 25608
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt elected to make a precautionary landing due to deteriorating wx along his route of flt. He stated that there was a x-wind from the left when he landed on rwy 30. Drg the landing, the acft drifted off the rwy & one of the main landing gear mired in soft soil. The acft then ground looped & nosed over. An FAA inspector rprtd there was a quarteringtail wind. Aprx 31 mi nw at riverside, CA, the 1655 wind was from 290 deg at 13 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86789
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1150
- Engine
- Franklin 6A4-150-B3, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Phillip L. Writer]
- Registered owner
- Writer, Phillip L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1986
- Departed
- Perris, CA
- Destination
- 2L0 · Temecula, CA
- Airport
- 2L0 · Rancho California, runway 30, 3,023 × 60 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 348 total · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Observed at
- RAL, 31 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.