- Date
- August 25, 1991, 07:43 local (11:43 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N41689Bellanca 7EA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910825036499A
- Case key
- 32917
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control of the airplane on takeoff ground roll due to his lack of experience and flight time in this type of airplane. A contributing factor is an on-ground encounter with a crosswind.
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
The pilot, who had recently checked out in conventional gear airplanes, was on takeoff roll in a slight crosswind. He stated that as he lifted the tailwheel he lost control of the airplane, left the runway and collided with a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41689
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7EA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 978-73
- Airframe hours
- 3,046
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles C. Warren
- Registered owner
- Huffman Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1991 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- VNC · Venice Muni, runway 22, 5,000 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 920 total · 6 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SRQ, 27 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 N41689 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.