- Date
- July 4, 1993, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Templeton, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5036LBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930704024779A
- Case key
- 27981
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain correct airspeed. Factors which contributed to this accident were the improper recovery from a bounced landing and not maintaining directional control of the airplane.
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 pilot said that as he flared for landing there was a significant loss of airspeed which resulted in a low altitude stall. The airplane bounced and the pilot attempted to recover by adding power. The pilot was unable to mantain directional control of the airplane. The pilot intentionally stalled the airplane as it became apparent that he was going to hit a fence next to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5036L
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 475-79
- Airframe hours
- 1,136
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-H1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R. Scott & Susan M. Sayer
- Registered owner
- R. Scott & Susan M. Sayer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 29, 1993 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- 041 · Woodland, CA
- Airport
- Sayer Farms, runway 18, 2,200 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 236 total · 198 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.