- Date
- October 2, 1989, 20:15 local (Oct 3, 1989, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6569VBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891002038769A
- Case key
- 34891
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions and to maintain runway alignment during the landing approach. Contributing to the accident was the turbulent conditions.
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
During a dark night landing attempt on a lighted private, sod strip, the pilot said that he first made a low pass to check for possible deer on the runway. Returning for landing he said he encountered turbulence on final approach and applied power for a go-around. The acft drifted to the left and collided with bordering trees. The pilot estimated the right crosswind to be 5 to 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6569V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30253
- Airframe hours
- 1,777
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Miller, William A.
- Registered owner
- Miller, William A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1989
- Departed
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Destination
- Gainesville, MO
- Airport
- NONE · B-J Ranch, runway 24, 4,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 60 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.