# NTSB MIA05CA097: Bellanca 8GCBC, N53954, Pensacola, FL, April 25, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 25, 2005, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC) - Place: Pensacola, FL - Coordinates: 30.531944, -87.385276 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5319&lon=-87.3853&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 7, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 61360 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05CA097 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61360/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA097 ## Probable cause The pilot misjudged his altitude and distance resulting in an overrun. Also causal was the pilot's failure to execute a go-around. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - distance/altitude - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis According to the NTSB "Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report" form, the aircraft was fast on landing which resulted in a long landing. The pilot applied excessive braking as the end of the runway was approaching causing the aircraft to nose over. A pilot-rated witness on the airport reported the aircraft appeared to make a "...high, overshooting turn to final." The airplane was then observed to be making "S" turns, followed by an "... aggressive side-slip maneuver to lose excess altitude." The aircraft leveled out and "floated" past my position which was located at the midfield point. The airplane touchdown, bounced, and traveled another 200 to 300 feet before touching down again in a two point landing. The aircraft rolled approximately 100 feet before the tail began to rise, and the propeller contacted the ground. ## Factual narrative On April 25, 2005, about 1145 central daylight time, a Bellanca 8GCBC, registered to and operated by Coastal Soaring Association, Inc., nosed over during the landing roll at Coastal Airport, Pensacola, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR part 91 glider-tow flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated about 1130, from Coastal Airport. According to the NTSB "Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report" form, the aircraft was fast on landing which resulted in a long landing. The pilot applied excessive braking as the end of the runway was approaching causing the aircraft to nose over. A pilot-rated witness on the airport reported the aircraft appeared to make a "...high, overshooting turn to final." The airplane was then observed making "S" turns, followed by an "... aggressive side-slip maneuver to lose excess altitude." The aircraft leveled out and "floated" past my position which was located at the midfield point. The airplane touchdown, bounced, and traveled another 200 to 300 feet before touching down again in a two-point landing. The aircraft rolled approximately 100 feet before the tail began to rise, and the propeller contacted the ground. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N53954](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53954), registered now, S/N 197-76, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Bellanca 8GCBC - Registry model: [Bellanca 8GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8gcbc) (registry code 1220803) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 197-76 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-C2E 180 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Other work use, Part 91 - Registered owner: Coastal Soaring Association, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: 83J, Pensacola, FL - Destination: 83J, Pensacola, FL - Airport: 83J, Coastal Airport, runway 36 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 70; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 4,460 total, 8 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20050425006909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050425006909A), Apr 25, 2005: Bbavia 8GCBC, Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Based on the findings at the scene of the accident. It appears the pilot [privacy data omitted] lost directional control of the aircraft landing when he… ## Other investigations on N53954 (1) 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. - [NTSB ATL98LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA087), Jun 12, 1998: Bellanca 8GCBC (N53954), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent activation of the parking brakes which resulted in the nose over during the landing roll. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.