- Date
- May 30, 1992, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rosalia, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9159LBellanca 7ACA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920530046009A
- Case key
- 42915
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Probable cause
Failure of the tailwheel spring bracket. A factor to the accident was: directional control was not maintained.
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 owner of the airplane reported that the pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings when, during the last landing, the airplane suddenly veered to the right and collided with runway lights. The pilot applied power and the airplane became airborne, then settled to the ground and collided with additional runway lights before coming to a stop. The owner reported that the tailwheel spring bracket broke.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9159L
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7ACA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-71
- Airframe hours
- 1,192
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- A-1 Aviation
- Registered owner
- A-1 Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1991 · 33 hours before
- Airport
- 72S · Rosalia, runway 2, 2,800 × 45 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.