- Date
- May 14, 1992, 17:24 local (23:24 UTC)
- Place
- Kalispell, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CGEAFBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41677
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the go-around.
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 stated that he encountered a wind gust during the landing ROLL0UT and, fearing a groundloop, initiated a go-around. He added full power, but did not gain sufficient altitude to clear hangars at the end of the runway, so he turned right to gain altitude over a highway. The tail of the airplane struck a baseball backstop, and the airplane impacted the ground, bouncing on the highway and coming to a stop in a community park on the FAR side of the highway. Winesses reported that the airplane made a G0-around and continued drifting in a nose-high attitude until it stalled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGEAF
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17675
- Airframe hours
- 2,520
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-320-E1B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morgan Air Service
- Registered owner
- Morgan Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 20, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- FCA · Kalispell, MT
- Airport
- S27 · Kalispell City, runway 31, 3,600 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 19 in this make and model · 94 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCA, 9 nm away