- Date
- December 18, 1982, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- New Port Richey, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N88214Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821218064669A
- Case key
- 71995
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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
According to the instructor (CFI), the tail wheel equipped aircraft veered left and headed toward trees after the tail rose, but while the main wheels were still on the ground. He attempted to recover with right rudder and brakes. Fearing a ground loop, the CFI initiated an abort, but the left wing struck trees and swung the aircraft into bushes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88214
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 739-74
- Airframe hours
- 788
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Vincent Cotroneo M.D.
- Registered owner
- Vincent Cotroneo M.D.
- Departed
- X28 · New Port Richey, FL
- Destination
- X28 · New Port Richey, FL
- Airport
- X28 · New Port Richey, runway 23, 3,400 × 50 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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,900 total · 100 in this make and model · 5,800 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.