# NTSB SEA87LA155: Bellanca 14-19-3A, N8883R, Mahoney Creek, ID, August 4, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1987, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Mahoney Creek, ID
- Coordinates: 47.460498, -115.740394 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4605&lon=-115.7404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40669
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA155
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40669/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA155

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - landed at wrong airport - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing

## Analysis

DRG ARRIVAL, THE PLT INADVERTENTLY LNDD AT THE MOHONEY CREEK ARPT WITH A 2050' STRIP, INSTEAD OF THE INTENDED ARPT (INDIAN CREEK) WHICH HAD A 5000' RWY. THE ARPT ELEV WAS 4618'; THE DENSITY ALT WAS ABOUT 7800'. WHILE LANDING, AN OVERRUN OCCURRED & THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE ACFT ENCTRD SAGE BRUSH & UNEVEN TERRAIN. THE PLT RPRTD THE WIND WAS FROM 210 DEG AT 10 GUSTING 15 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8883R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8883R-2013-05-16), registration cancelled 2013-05-16, S/N 4245, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 14-19-3A
- Registry model: [Bellanca 14-19-3](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-14-19-3) (registry code 3080106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4245
- Airframe hours: 2642
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-F 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert R. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 21, 1987, 28 hours before
- Departed: 2UF, STANLEY, ID
- Destination: S81, INDIAN CREEK, ID
- Airport: OU3, Mahoney Creek, runway 21, 2,050 × 40 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 238 total, 237 in this make and model, 182 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °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 19870804043449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870804043449A), Aug 4, 1987: Blanca 14193A, Mahoney, ID, Substantial damage. Departed end of runway on rollout. Runway too short. Density altitude a factor. Landed at wrong airport.

## Other investigations on N8883R (1)

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 FTW66D0425](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66D0425), Nov 21, 1965: Bellanca 14-19 (N8883R), Beamont, TX, 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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