Bellanca 8KCAB N55008

Summary

On 9 October 1983 at about 16:30 local time, a Bellanca 8KCAB registered N55008 was involved in an accident near Sullivan, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 October 1983 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Sullivan, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.2107, -91.1609

Aircraft

Bellanca 8KCAB

Registration

N55008

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chesterfield → Rolla

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84FA005

2 people died.

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 COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND FROM A PRECAUTIONARY/FORCED LANDING. THERE WERE NO RADIO CALLS FROM THE PILOT BUT EVIDENCE DISCOVERED IN THE ENGINE TEAR DOWN REVEALED INTERNAL PROBLEMS. THE MAGNETO HAD BROKEN AND THE OIL PAN CONTAINED A LARGE AMOUNT OF METALLIC PARTICLES. THE MAIN OIL SCREEN CONTAINED A LARGE AMOUNT OF METALLICPARTICLES. THE ENGINE WAS STILL OPERABLE BUT THE ROD BEARINGS WERE LACKING LUBRICATION AND THE GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ENGINE WAS NOT GOOD. IN ATTEMPTING THE LANDING THE PLT OVERSHOT THE FIELD TOUCHING DOWN ABOUT 150 FT FROM LARGE TREES INFRONT OF HIM. THE GROUND ROLL WAS SHORT, ABOUT 45 FT, AND ABOUT 105 FT LATER THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A LARGE TREE ABOUT 7FT AGL. THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT ON THE PLT ALCOHOL IN THE LIVER TISSUE FLUID OF 0.147%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.