- Date
- September 24, 2002, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Erwinna, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4210YBellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO-05
- FAA report
- 20020924025219A
- Case key
- 55752
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing. A factor was a crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing on runway 07, the airplane bounced twice, and the pilot added power to abort the landing. The airplane then drifted right, struck trees, and came to rest entangled within the trees. The reported wind, at an airport approximately 20 miles south of the accident site, was from 340 degrees at 6 knots.
Factual narrative
On September 24, 2002, about 1215 eastern daylight time, a Bellanca 7KCAB (Citabria B), N4210Y, was substantially damage when it collided with trees during an aborted landing at Vansant Airport (9N1), Erwinna, Pennsylvania. The certificated private pilot sustained minor injures. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot reported he had been flying around the local area for about 1 hour. He decided to return to 9N1, and perform a landing to runway 07, a 3,058-foot long, 120-foot wide turf runway. During the approach, the pilot noted that there was a slight crosswind from the left. After touchdown, the airplane bounced twice, and the pilot added power to abort the landing. However, the airplane drifted right, struck trees, and came to rest entangled within the trees.
The pilot reported a total flight experience of 664 hours; of which, 34 hours were in the same make and model as the accident airplane. Within the preceding 90 days, the pilot flew 1 hour in the same make and model as the accident airplane. The pilot did not experience any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.
The reported wind at an airport approximately 20 miles south of the accident site, at 1154, was from 340 degrees at 6 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4210Y
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 605-77
- Airframe hours
- 2,259
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sport Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 19, 2002 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- 9N1 · Erwinna, PA
- Destination
- 9N1
- Airport
- 9N1 · Vansant Airport, runway 07, 3,058 × 120 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
- 71
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- March 15, 2001
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 664 total · 34 in this make and model · 594 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- PNE, 20 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 N4210Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.