- Date
- July 28, 1992, 15:04 local (22:04 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88212Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920728027909A
- Case key
- 27706
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Probable cause
The loss of directional control due to the students excessive use of the rudder controls, and, the instructors inadequate supervision of the flight.
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
The instructor pilot said the student was making the landing and was compensating for a cross wind condition. The student suddenly neutralized the controls after touchdown, and, when the wind began to pick up the right wing, reapplied the right aileron and left rudder correction. According to both of the pilot's statements, the student applied full left rudder and the aircraft ground looped off the left side of the runway, striking some runway light fixtures. The instructor said that she could not overcome the students control inputs to correct the situation before the aircraft ground looped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88212
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 475-74
- Airframe hours
- 1,725
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerleon, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Joseph R. Maridon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 14, 1992 · 48 hours before
- Airport
- VGT · North Las Vegas, runway 12, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 9,760 total · 64 in this make and model · 9,718 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 106 °F
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 N88212 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.