- Date
- March 16, 1989, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lakewood, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41692Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890316003939A
- Case key
- 36385
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the crosswind conditions. Contributing to the accident were the crosswind conditions.
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
During landing roll, the left wing of the aircraft started to lift and immediately the pilot applied full left stick and right rudder, but the wing continued to lift and the aircraft turned towards the edge of the runway. The aircraft became airborne for a short time then crashed and nosed over. Pilot stated the winds were 300 to 330 degrees at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41692
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 592-73
- Airframe hours
- 1,634
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William H. Gotthardt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 5, 1988 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- N12 · Lakewood, NJ
- Airport
- N12 · Lakewood, runway 6, 2,457 × 50 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 399 total · 75 in this make and model · 216 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.