# NTSB MIA85LA168: Bellanca 7GCBC, N41699, Stuart, FL, May 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 11, 1985, 13:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Location: 27.1817° N, 80.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITHAM FLD (SUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1817&lon=-80.2213&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31398
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31398/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA168

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - initiated, pilot in command
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER RELEASING HIS BANNER, HE MADE A STEEP RIGHT BANK & THE ACFT STALLED & COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND. HE REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE. APRX 30 SOUTH, THE 1335 WIND WAS FROM 040 DEG AT 12 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N41699 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7GCBC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 595-73
- Airframe hours: 18493
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A2B 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Registered owner: Johannes M. Van Ovost
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, March 24, 1985, 26 hours before
- Departed: FPR, FT.PIERCE, FL
- Airport: SUA, Stuart

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 4,062 total, 474 in this make and model, 3,513 as pilot in command, 260 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: VRB, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850511016559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850511016559A), May 11, 1985: Bbavia 7GCBC, Stuart, FL, Substantial damage. Following release of banner, aircraft made a steep bank, stalled and impacted ground.

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.