- Date
- October 29, 1989, 17:50 local (Oct 30, 1989, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Newberg, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4133BBellanca 17-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891029054399A
- Case key
- 41156
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain runway alignment. The birds & debris (hidding obstructions) were related factors.
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.
Analysis
During the landing roll on a narrow runway, the aircraft collided with birds. The pilot inadvertently applied left rudder & the aircraft went off of the runway. As the plt was completing the landing roll in grass near the runway, the acft hit construction debris & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4133B
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-30795
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ben F. Smithers
- Departed
- Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport
- NONE · Twin Oaks, runway 36, 2,100 × 15 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 204 total · 10 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.