# NTSB LAX89LA065: Bellanca 7KCAB, N36627, Phoenix, AZ, December 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 18, 1988, 15:48 local (22:48 UTC)
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.679149, -112.090431 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6791&lon=-112.0904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26309
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26309/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA065

## 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(cfi) (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS COMPLETING HIS LANDING ROLL ON RUNWAY 25L, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN SIDEWAYS BY A GUST OF WIND. HE STATED THAT HE THEN APPLIED POWER TO AVOID A GROUND LOOP. WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND FLEW DOWNWIND ACROSS RUNWAY 25R AND OVER AN AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE TOP OF THE FENCE AND THEN NOSED DOWN AND COLLIDED WITH A BUSH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 150 FT NORTH OF THE AIRPORT FENCE. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE FROM 230 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS. THERE WERE NO REPORTED MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N36627](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36627-2017-03-10), registration cancelled 2017-03-10, S/N 392-73, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (registry code 1220701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 392-73
- Airframe hours: 1232
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Pierson, Louis A.
- Registered owner: Robert W Rodgers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, August 5, 1988, 37 hours before
- Airport: DVT, Deer Valley, runway 25L, 8,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 328 total, 22 in this make and model, 253 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DVT

## 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 19881218054599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881218054599A), Dec 18, 1988: Bbavia 7KCAB, Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. Lost control on landing. Began go around but allowed aircraft to drift off runway and collided with a fence.

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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