Bellanca 7GCBC N9109L

Summary

On 17 October 1983 at about 18:30 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N9109L was involved in an accident near Capitan, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 October 1983 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Capitan, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

33.5402, -105.5909

Aircraft

Bellanca 7GCBC

Registration

N9109L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA043

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT BOUNCED ON LANDING, RESULTING IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE MAIN GEAR & DAMAGE TO THE PROP & LEFT WING. AN EXAM REVEALED THAT THE U-BOLT WHICH ATTACHES THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT TO THE FUSELAGE HAD FAILED DUE TO TENSILE OVERLOAD. SEVERAL PREEXISTING CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE RADIUS OF THE U-BOLT. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT A CRACK & THAT THE U-BOLT HAD BEEN LOOSE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.