# NTSB NYC00LA075: Bellanca 7ECA, N88466, Kennedyville, MD, April 11, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 2000, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Kennedyville, MD
- Coordinates: 39.30001, -75.980636 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3000&lon=-75.9806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 48935
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC00LA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48935/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA075

## Probable cause

The pilot inadvertently stalling the airplane while turning final.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

The pilot over flew the airport perpendicular to the runway, and then made a left turn to enter the traffic pattern. He turned base, and then final.  During the turn to final, he increased the angle of bank to line the airplane up with the runway, and to remain clear powerlines running parallel to the runway.  During the turn, the airplane started a 'slight buffet,' and full power was 'immediately applied.' The flight controls softened, and the pilot sensed an approaching stall so he neutralized the controls.  The airplane impacted a plowed field about 100 feet short of the runway.

## Factual narrative

On April 11, 2000, about 1800 Eastern Daylight Time, a Bellanca 7ECA, N88466, was substantially damage while landing at the Krastel Farms Airport, Kennedyville, Maryland.  The certificated private pilot and pilot rated passenger were not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

According to a witness, the airplane flew down the runway about 500 feet agl, then turned downwind for what appeared to be a "normal landing."  The witness watched the airplane turn base and then final.  Once on final, the witness thought the airplane was going "too slow."  At roughly the same time, the airplane stalled.  With the engine running, the airplane impacted a plowed field approximately 100 feet short of the runway.

According to the pilot, he over flew the airport perpendicular to the runway, and then made a left turn to enter the traffic pattern.  He turned base, and then final.  During the turn to final, the pilot increased the angle of bank to line the airplane up with the runway, and to remain clear of some powerlines that ran parallel to it.  During the turn, the airplane started a "slight buffet," and full power was "immediately applied."  The flight controls softened, and the pilot sensed an approaching stall so he neutralized the controls.  The pilot added that the airplane was full of fuel.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N88466 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bellanca 7ECA
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1068-75
- Airframe hours: 1380
- Engines: Lycoming O-235 115 lbs thrust reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Fort Meade Flying Activity
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, March 20, 2000, 31 hours before
- Departed: ANP, ANNAPOLIS, MD
- Destination: 1MD3
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 1MD3, Krastel Farms, runway 21, 1,800 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 202 total, 75 in this make and model, 145 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BWI, 38 nm away

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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