- Date
- January 14, 1985, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Deer Park, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N996MPBellanca 7ECA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850114019749A
- Case key
- 40105
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
Acft touched down in the displaced threshold which was not plowed clear of snow as the remaining portion of the rwy was. Acft nosed over following touchdwon.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N996MP
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-1103
- Airframe hours
- 1,890
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald W. Morse
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Destination
- 07S · Deer Park, WA
- Airport
- 07S · Deer Park Municipal, runway 16, 4,725 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 547 total · 1 in this make and model · 847 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 30 °F
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 N996MP · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.