- Date
- August 11, 1993, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Erwinna, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N777DDBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930811029519A
- Case key
- 38629
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted in a nose over. A rough uneven runway, and the pilot's diverted attention are contributing factors.
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 reported the airplane struck a bump during the landing on the rough grass runway. The airplane pitched down, the propeller struck the ground, and the airplane nosed over. The pilot also indicated his attention was diverted by a deer.
Factual narrative
On Wednesday, August 11, 1993, at about 1900 eastern daylight time, a Bellanca 8KCAB, N777DD, piloted by Mr. Terry Fenoff, nosed over during landing at the Van Sant Airport, Erwinna, Pennsylvania. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR 91.
The airplane had landed on runway 5 (grass), hit a bump became airborne, nosed into the ground and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777DD
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 213-75
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-320-E1B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Country Aviation
- Registered owner
- Ronald Mohr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 9N1
- Destination
- 9N1
- Airport
- 9N1 · Vansant, runway 7, 3,000 × 100 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,480 total · 3 in this make and model · 1,420 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 82 °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.