- Date
- June 24, 1991, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Newcastle, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5530KBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910624023849A
- Case key
- 41458
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Probable cause
The fracture failure of the landing gear axle.
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
While on takeoff roll from an open field the right landing gear axle of the Bellanca 7GCBC sheared at the end nearest the gear leg. The gear leg then dug into the ground causing the aircraft to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5530K
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1026-78
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert L. Wright
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Wright
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1,310 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 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.
Other investigations on N5530K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.