- Date
- March 30, 1990, 12:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12KDBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900330007369A
- Case key
- 34953
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing. The failed (flat) right main tire was a related factor.
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 landing, the pilot lost directional control, and the aircraft veered off the runway and nosed over. An investigation revealed that a cut occurred on the right tire & it went flat, causing the aircraft to veer to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12KD
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 596-80
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-H1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- One Two Kilo Delta Corp.
- Departed
- FCM
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud, runway 27R, 3,500 × 75 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 23 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FCM, 1 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.