# NTSB SEA85LA075: Bellanca 7GCBC, N5033W, Bremerton, WA, March 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 15, 1985, 11:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Coordinates: 47.360691, -122.60025 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3607&lon=-122.6003&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): 40129
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40129/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA075

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT BOUNCED DURING LANDING AND ADEQUATE RECOVERY WAS NOT MADE. THE ACFT CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5033W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5033W), registered now, S/N 1071-79, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7GCBC
- Registry model: [Bellanca 7GCBC](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7gcbc) (registry code 1220601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1071-79
- Airframe hours: 1634
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E20 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John Garber
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 20, 1984, 57 hours before
- Departed: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Destination: PWT, BREMERTON, WA
- Airport: PWT, Bremerton National, runway 1, 6,200 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 738 total, 13 in this make and model, 615 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 5° at 10 knots, gusting 13
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 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 19850315008599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850315008599A), Mar 15, 1985: Bbavia 7GCBC, Bremerton, WA, Substantial damage. Bounced several times on landing, swerved and aircraft flipped over onto its back.

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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