- Date
- June 8, 1985, 13:02 local (17:02 UTC)
- Place
- Panama City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N53925Bellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850608023509A
- Case key
- 31410
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that while taking off in a x-wind he lost control of the acft. The acft contacted the lip of a large drainage ditch, cartwheeled 180 degs to the right and crashed into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53925
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 195-76
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-C2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walker Aviation Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1985
- Airport
- PFN · Panama City, runway 32, 6,008 × 150 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
- 50
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,814 total · 703 in this make and model · 5,208 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 70 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.
Other investigations on N53925 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.