- Date
- November 16, 1990, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57434Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901116050899A
- Case key
- 41364
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's delaying remedial action after a poor landing approach.
Analysis
During a pleasure flight, the pilot landed the airplane without incident at a private airstrip. The flight remained on the ground for a short time then departed to make another landing. During the approach, the pilot stated that he was little high and fast. The airplane touched down long and bounced. The pilot applied full power and turned left toward lower terrain; however, the airplane collided with trees. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57434
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 502-73
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, unknown
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harris, Joseph L
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- NONE · Boise, ID
- Airport
- Mile High
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 707 total · 150 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.