- Date
- July 5, 1991, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pomeroy, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N68560Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910705026389A
- Case key
- 36957
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
An inflight collision with terrain after the pilot became incapacitated due to an allergic reaction to bee stings. A factor related to the accident was the failure of the pilot to recognize the situation in time to make the recovery.
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 airplane with a flight instructor in the front seat and the owner in the rear seat was observed to enter a stall and descend to the ground. The pilot did not remember the impact. The pilot in the rear seat said he was unaware of a problem with the other pilot and did not take control of the airplane in time to prevent the accident. During disassembly of the airplane after the accident a bees nest was found in the tail and wasps nest was found under the pilots seat. Hospital information disclosed the CFI in the front seat was very allergic to bee stings. The medical treatment the pilot said he received was consistent with an allergic reaction to bee stings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68560
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47-72
- Airframe hours
- 1,559
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles K. Gard
- Registered owner
- Charles K. Gard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 1990 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- GAS · Gallipolis, OH
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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 10,500 total · 250 in this make and model · 10,300 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 96 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.