- Date
- May 2, 1984, 10:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Sherwood, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N222WYBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840502015109A
- Case key
- 39909
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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 the acft swerved off the rwy. The plt stated that the recommended procedure at this arpt is to land uphill. Investigation revealed that the landing was made with a 9 kt quartering tailwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222WY
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 376-72
- Airframe hours
- 1,087
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Willamette Valley Soaring Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 00R8 · Mountainside, OR
- Destination
- 7S3 · Sherwood, OR
- Airport
- 00R8 · Mountaindale, runway 2, 2,150 × 100 ft, dirt
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 926 total · 105 in this make and model · 768 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HI0, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N222WY · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.