# NTSB MIA83LA184: Bellanca 8KCAB, N2512Z, Bunnell, FL, July 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1983, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Bunnell, FL
- Location: 29.4661° N, 81.2578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bunnell, FL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4661&lon=-81.2578&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30911
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30911/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA184

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT LANDED THE TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED ACFT ON RWY 36 WITH A WIND FROM 030 DEG AT 8 KTS. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE MAIN GEAR BECAME BOGGED IN SOFT SOD DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE LANDING ROLL-OUT & THE PLANE NOSED OVER. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD 1007 HRS TOTAL TIME IN TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2512Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2512Z), registered now, S/N 334-77, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (registry code 1220801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming AEIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (registry code 41522, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 334-77
- Airframe hours: 403
- Engines: LYCOMING AEIO-360-H1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Richard O'Neill
- Registered owner: Daniel H. O'Neill
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, February 7, 1983, 34 hours before
- Departed: SGJ, ST. AUGUSTINE, FL
- Airport: Weeks Airstrip, runway 36, 1,320 × 65 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,138 total, 391 in this make and model, 1,063 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 20 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830710059039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830710059039A), Jul 10, 1983: Bbavia 8KCAB, Bunnell, FL, Substantial damage. Veered to edge of sod runway on rollout. Wheel entered a soft sod drainage ditch. Airplane nosed over.

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.

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