# NTSB SEA88LA099: Brown 1911 Bellanca, N10317, Carson City, NV, May 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1988, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Coordinates: 39.139579, -119.710174 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1396&lon=-119.7102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40821
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40821/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA099

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - initial climb
  - propeller system/accessories,blade - improper (cause)
  - acft/equip,inadequate aircraft component, manufacturer (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - aborted takeoff - not selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO TEST A NEW TYPE OF PROPELLER WHICH HAD JUST BEEN INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT NOTICED PRIOR TO ROTATION AN INCREASE IN THE RPM. AT ROTATION THE NOSE UP PITCH WAS EXCESSIVE. THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID A STALL AND STRUCK THE OVERRUN AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT/AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HE DID NOT SPECIFY THE PROPER PITCH OF THE PROPELLER TO THE PROPELLER MANUFACTURER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10317](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10317-2012-05-11), registration cancelled 2012-05-11, S/N 26, built 1987 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BROWN 1911 BELLANCA (1911 BELLA)
- Registry model: [Brown Stanley H 1912 BELLANCA REP](https://openairdocs.org/model/brown-stanley-h-1912-bellanca-rep) (registry code 0566041) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 26
- Airframe hours: 26
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-173-3 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stanley H. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, October 2, 1987, 26 hours before
- Departed: 004, CARSON CITY, NV
- Airport: 004, Carson City, runway 27, 5,900 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 2,850 total, 20 in this make and model, 2,850 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

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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