- Date
- May 6, 1990, 17:30 local (May 7, 1990, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pomeroy, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57514Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41191
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Probable cause
A malfunctioning fuel injection system and the pilot's attempted operation above certificated maximum gross weight with a known deficiency in this equipment.
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
The pilot initiated a go-around from a wheel landing after it was suggested by his passenger. He stated that the engine lost power and he landed in a field adjacent to the runway. The aircraft flipped on its back and was substantially damaged. It was above the max gross weight at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57514
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 96-73
- Airframe hours
- 926
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Merle David Howell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1990 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- LWS · Lewiston, ID
- Airport
- 10 · Ferrel Field
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 602 total · 66 in this make and model · 602 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALW, 35 nm away
Other investigations on N57514 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.