Bellanca 7GCBC N88399

Summary

On 20 July 1983 at about 03:15 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N88399, operated by McCue Flying Service, was involved in an accident near Cody, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 July 1983 at 03:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Cody, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Faust Regional (COD)

Coordinates

44.5103, -109.0498

Aircraft

Bellanca 7GCBC

Registration

N88399

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

McCue Flying Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

DEN83LA169

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 ACFT GROUNDLOOPED DURING LANDING AND DAMAGED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT HAD 80 HOURS IN TAILWHEEL ACFT BUT ONLY 1.6IN THE ACCIDENT MAKE AND MODEL. THE LANDING WAS ON RWY 22 AND THE WIND WAS FROM 130 DEGREES AT 10 TO 12 KTS. THE PLT SLIPPED THE ACFT ON FINAL APPROACH AND MADE A FULL STALL FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE WIND PICKED UP THE LEFT WING AND THE ACFT TURNED LEFT. DURING THE TURN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. THE PLT SAID HE WAS NOTFAMILIAR WITH THE BRAKES AND MAY HAVE INADVERTANTLY APPLIED ONE OF THE BRAKES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.