- Date
- August 11, 1991, 12:58 local (19:58 UTC)
- Place
- Monterey, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31279Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910811033029A
- Case key
- 27325
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
In his written statement, the pilot said that he 'failed to maintain directional control and the airplane did a ground loop, veering off the runway to the right. Upon contact with the soft dirt off the runway, the left landing gear broke.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31279
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 333-72
- Airframe hours
- 3,630
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Santa Cruz Aviation
- Registered owner
- John W. Mcmains
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1991 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- WVI · Watsonville, CA
- Airport
- MRY · Monterey Pen, runway 28, 3,500 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 198 total · 12 in this make and model · 153 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.