- Date
- May 28, 1988, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kensington, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7672SBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880528016779A
- Case key
- 36159
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Upon reaching the destination airport, the pilot decided to do a few touch and go landings. The aircraft touched down about 600 feet downfield at about 45-50 mph. The pilot reported that with application of full throttle, the engine hesitated. The aircraft started to climb about 400 feet before the end of the runway, however the climb rate was not sufficient to clear trees 450 feet off the departure end of the runway. The aircraft contacted and slid down between two trees inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7672S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 222-76
- Airframe hours
- 1,265
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Malay
- Registered owner
- Geert E. Frank
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1987
- Departed
- NY05 · Cambridge, NY
- Destination
- 7B3 · Hampton, NH
- Airport
- Private, runway 13, 1,180 × 0 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 7,093 total · 4 in this make and model · 1,010 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.