- Date
- August 1, 1992, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- East Liverpool, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53852Bellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920801028499A
- Case key
- 37190
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Probable cause
A collision with trees after the pilot failed to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.
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 pilot was landing when a gust of wind caused the airplane to drop to the runway from 10 feet. The airplane bounced back into the air and was pointed toward some trees on the left side of the runway. The pilot applied power and initiated a go-around. He said he turned right, however the airplane continued to drift left and struck the trees 60 feet left of the runway, at a height of 30 to 40 feet above the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53852
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1129-76
- Airframe hours
- 1,540
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold A. Van Fossan, doing business as 400 Flying Club
- Registered owner
- 400 Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1991 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- OH29 · Petersburg, OH
- Airport
- NONE · Leslie, runway 33, 2,000 × 84 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 552 total · 355 in this make and model · 487 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 13 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.