- Date
- August 22, 1992, 13:21 local (17:21 UTC)
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50264Bellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920822032579A
- Case key
- 37215
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Probable cause
The pilot inadvertently ground looped the airplane which resulted in the main landing gear collapsing. A factor in this accident was the pilot's limited flight time in this make and model airplane.
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 had made multiple touch and go landings and takeoffs prior to the accident. On the landing that terminated in the accident, the airplane ground looped to the right which resulted in the left main landing gear collapsing. Both brakes and the steerable tail wheel were examined by the FAA and no discrepancies were found. The pilot had logged a total of 4 hours of flight time in this make and model airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50264
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1328-79
- Airframe hours
- 1,581
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-K2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- O.T. Aviation
- Registered owner
- O.T. Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 9, 1992 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- AGC
- Airport
- AGC · Alleghany County, runway 28, 6,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 21
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,955 total · 4 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °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.