# NTSB MIA84FA225: Bellanca 8GCBC, N50402, Navarre, FL, August 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1984, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Navarre, FL
- Location: 30.4063° N, 86.8292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WALTON BEACH (1J9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4063&lon=-86.8292&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84FA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31009/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA225

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, other
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

PLT WAS ENGAGED IN BANNER TOW PICK UP. PRIOR TO ENGAGING PICK UP LINE, ACFT STRUCK GROUND NOSE DOWN. GROUND SCARS RELATED TO IMPACT DAMAGE SHOW WINGS ROTATED 180 DEGREES FROM PATH OF FLIGHT PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N50402 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8GCBC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 296-79
- Airframe hours: 2036
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-C2E 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Registered owner: Boomer Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1984, 258 hours before
- Departed: 1J9, NAVARRE, FL
- Airport: 1J9, Ft. Walton Beach

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,902 total, 1,561 in this make and model, 1,632 as pilot in command, 250 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PNS, 18 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 19840808070329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840808070329A), Aug 8, 1984: Bbavia 8GCBC, Navarre, FL, Destroyed. Stalled after a low pass to pickup a banner. Tow line hook had missed the banner rope. Nose down vertical impact.

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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