- Date
- December 13, 1992, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Arco, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N57659Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921213049809A
- Case key
- 42970
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Probable cause
A leaking crankshaft oil seal, and snow on the landing area.
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 of the Bellanca 7GCBC made a successful touchdown on a snow covered dirt road after losing a substantial amount of oil from a leaking crankshaft oil seal. During the landing roll, the aircraft nosed over when it encountered snow approximately one foot deep.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57659
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 624-74
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gregory L. Poe
- Registered owner
- Gregory L. Poe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 155 hours before
- Departed
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Destination
- S67 · Nampa, ID
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,095 total · 425 in this make and model · 1,014 as pilot in command · 86 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2.9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.