# NTSB NYC83LA063: Bellanca 7GCAA, N8570V, Millbrook, NY, February 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 6, 1983, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Millbrook, NY
- Coordinates: 41.77917, -73.689506 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7792&lon=-73.6895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35150
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35150/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA063

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,wheel - frozen (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

PLT STATED THE LEFT WHEEL FROZE CAUSING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE ACFT MADE A 90 DEG TURN TO THE RIGHT & SLID BACKWARDS DOWN AN EMBANKMENT INTO A POND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8570V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8570V), registered now, S/N 308-75, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7GCAA
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7GCAA](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcaa) (registry code 1220501) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 308-75
- Airframe hours: 610
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-A2B 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Walter Rechsteiner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 8, 1982, 0 hours before
- Departed: N72, WARWICK, NY
- Airport: 44N, Sky Acres, runway 35, 3,800 × 20 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,168 total, 272 in this make and model, 272 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 25 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830206002989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830206002989A), Feb 6, 1983: Bbavia 7GCAA, Millbrook, NY, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on rollout. Aircraft slid backwards into a pond after brake application.

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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