- Date
- February 7, 1982, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Marthas Vineyard, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41694Bellanca 7KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820207000869A
- Case key
- 71600
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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
After arriving at the destination, the pilot landed on runway 24. The wind was from 330 degrees gusting to 20 KTS. During the landing roll-out, the aircraft ground looped when a crosswind gust was encountered. The plane ran off the runway into a rough grassy area where the left main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41694
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 400 73
- Airframe hours
- 1,720
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-320-E1B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bay Aero Club Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bay Aero Club Inc.
- Departed
- Fall River, MA
- Destination
- Wrightstown, NJ
- Airport
- Marthas Vineyard, runway 24, 5,500 × 150 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 325 total · 17 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 20 knots
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 N41694 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.