- Date
- May 28, 1983, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2581FChampion Bellanca 7GCAA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830528021619A
- Case key
- 35191
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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
The acft landed on the runway and ground looped off to the right, collapsed the landing gear and settled on the left wing. The wing failed at the strut attach points. Damage consisted of a broken left wheel hub, gear strut broken, cockpit floor ruptured and spars of the left wing broken. The acft had come in on the approach with left wing low for a crosswind but on landing the left wing came up. As the acft groundlooped to the rt the gear folded under.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2581F
- Reported as
- Champion Bellanca 7GCAA (BELLANCA 7)
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,890
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Niagara Soaring Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- NK25 · Cambria, NY
- Destination
- 9G3 · Akron, NY
- Airport
- 9G3 · Akron, runway 24, 3,300 × 80 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 798 total · 255 in this make and model · 710 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.