# NTSB LAX89LA056: Bellanca 8KCAB, N8695V, Twentynine Palm, CA, November 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 22, 1988, 10:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place: Twentynine Palm, CA
- Coordinates: 34.239303, -115.860351 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2393&lon=-115.8604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26304
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26304/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA056

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - berm (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8695V-1991-11-20), registration cancelled 1991-11-20, S/N 18875 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (registry code 1220801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 188-75
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881122051759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881122051759A), Nov 22, 1988: Bbavia 8KCAB, Twentynine Palm, CA, Substantial damage. Drifted on flare, over corrected landed in a crab ground looped and ran off the runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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