# NTSB SEA85LA044: Bellanca 7ECA, N996MP, Deer Park, WA, January 14, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 14, 1985, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Deer Park, WA
- Coordinates: 47.989295, -117.500122 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9893&lon=-117.5001&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40105
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40105/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA044

## 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

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

- Undershoot, landing
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - displaced threshold
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N996MP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N996MP-1991-06-13), registration cancelled 1991-06-13, S/N 272 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7ECA
- Registry model: [Champion 7ECA](https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (registry code 21101NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 23-1103
- Airframe hours: 1890
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850114019749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850114019749A), Jan 14, 1985: Bbavia 7ECA, Deer Park, WA, Substantial damage. Landed short onto displaced snow covered threshold and flipped over.

## Other investigations on N996MP (2)

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.

- [NTSB LAX91LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA069), Jan 6, 1991: Champion 7ECA (N996MP), Hilo, HI, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WHILE MANEUVERING. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S DECISION TO ATTEMPT STEEP AND ABRUPT MANEUVERS DURING THE TAKEOFF INITIAL CLIMB…
- [NTSB SEA84LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA062), Feb 27, 1984: Champion 7ECA (N996MP), Pullman, WA, substantial damage

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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