# NTSB SEA84LA163: Bellanca 7ECA, N11697, Haines, AK, July 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1984, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Haines, AK
- Coordinates: 58.58057, -134.769515 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5806&lon=-134.7695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39964
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39964/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA163

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 858-72
- Airframe hours: 1202
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840704034279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840704034279A), Jul 4, 1984: Bbavia 7ECA, Haines, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot landed long on Private strip, aircraft ran off end of runway and flipped over in high vegetation.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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