- Date
- April 7, 1985, 15:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Yamhill, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9705EBellanca 17-31A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850407010879A
- Case key
- 40037
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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
Witnesses observed the acft apch the airstrip with excessive speed. Touchdown on the rwy was beyond the halfway point & the acft bounced back into the air. Power was applied for an apparent go-around. The acft cleared tall trees at the end of the runway, but continued to maintain a nose-high attitude, 'shaking and yawing.' The acft then fell off on the left wing & rolled 180 degrees to a vertical attitude before ground impact. A post-impact fire immediately ensued, totally consuming the wood & fabric components of the acft. An investigation revealed the elevator trim tab was in the full nose-up position. Bellanca personnel reported that with the elevator trim in that position & with full power applied, control forces to reduce the pitch would be very high & would probably require both hands.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9705E
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 77-32-168
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1E5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold R. Eklund
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 60S · Vancouver, WA
- Airport
- Flying M Ranch, runway 26, 2,130 × 45 ft, gravel
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 150 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 27,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIO, 30 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.