- Date
- November 22, 1988, 10:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Twentynine Palm, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8695VBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881122051759A
- Case key
- 26304
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that while landing, during the flare, a gust of wind raised the left wing. The pilot corrected just prior to touchdown. When the airplane touched down it ground looped to the right. The airplane ran off the runway and collided with a berm and nosed over. The pilot reported that the winds were gusting to 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8695V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 188-75
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- El Toro Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Grab, Oscar A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NZJ · El Toro, CA
- Destination
- TNP · Twentynine Palm, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TNP · Twentynine Palms, runway 8, 5,530 × 45 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 219 total · 22 in this make and model · 219 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.