- Date
- July 4, 1984, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Haines, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11697Bellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840704034279A
- Case key
- 39964
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
All available runway - not usedCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Proper touchdown point - disregardedCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Wind information - not obtainedCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Analysis
The acft overran the rwy and nosed over in the tall grass. The plt said he deliberately landed long to avoid a long taxi. There also was a light tail wind. The plt recommended using all available rwy and taking time to obtain wind info.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11697
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 858-72
- Airframe hours
- 1,202
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- F. J. Parsons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Destination
- Katzehin, AK
- Airport
- None
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,701 total · 50 in this make and model · 5,701 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 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.