- Date
- January 30, 1988, 17:20 local (Jan 31, 1988, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Sonoma, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5058KBellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880130022849A
- Case key
- 25947
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a local pleasure flight, during the landing roll, the pilot lost control of the aircraft and ground looped. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5058K
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 132079
- Airframe hours
- 3,290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Freisen, Gustav H.
- Registered owner
- Freisen, Gustav H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 10, 1988 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- 0Q3 · Sonoma, CA
- Airport
- 0O3 · Schellville, runway 7, 2,700 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 302 total · 46 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APC, 7 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 N5058K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.