- Date
- October 5, 1985, 11:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dumas, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N31272Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851005053069I
- Case key
- 34102
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Analysis
On landing at a pvt sod strip near Dumas, the plt stated he encountered a strong crosswind. The crosswind forced his acft to veer off the side of the rwy. After veering off the rwy the right wing struck the ground sustaining substantial damage to the wing spar. Reported winds in the pine bluff area were fm 310 degrees magnetic at 12 knots. A witness at the airstrip told the plt that several whirlwinds had preceded his landing. The pine bluff rpting station is 40 miles northwest of Dumas.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31272
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 406-72
- Engine
- Lycoming P-360-C2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack S. Stearns, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 25, 1985 · 301 hours before
- Departed
- PBF · Pine Bluff, AR
- Destination
- Dumas, AR
- Airport
- Unknown
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 353 total · 15 in this make and model · 237 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N31272 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.