- Date
- August 9, 1992, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sedona, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6649VBellanca 17-30A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920809029899A
- Case key
- 27724
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Probable cause
The failure of the fixed base operator to properly conduct an annual inspection and inadequate compliance with the airworthiness directive. Contributing to this accident was the total failure of the main landing gear trunion due to fatigue.
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
During the landing rollout the right main landing gear collapsed and the airplane ground looped. Examination of the landing gear trunnion revealed a total fatigue failure around the weld. The examination also revealed the presence of a crack on the left main landing gear trunnion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6649V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30305
- Airframe hours
- 2,366
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bjornstad, Lidy A.
- Registered owner
- Bjornstad, Lidy A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1992 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- SEZ · Sedona, runway 3, 5,131 × 75 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 170 in this make and model · 262 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 64 °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.