Bellanca 7KCAB N12AP

Summary

On 29 May 1986 at about 18:05 local time, a Bellanca 7KCAB registered N12AP was involved in an accident near Berlin, Maryland, 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

29 May 1986 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Berlin, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Bunting Airstrip

Coordinates

38.3201, -75.2096

Aircraft

Bellanca 7KCAB

Registration

N12AP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO86LA028

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

WHILE CLIMBING OUT AFTER PICKING UP AN ADVERTISING BANNER THE PILOT OF THE BELLANCA 7KCAB NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT YAWED EXCESSIVELY TO THE RIGHT. AFTER VERIFYING THAT THE ENGINE WAS AT FULL POWER. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DROP THE BANNER AND MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN THE OVERRUN AREA OF THE RUNWAY. ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING STRIKING THE GROUND. IN A REEXAMINATION GIVEN BY AN FAA OPERATIONS INSPECTOR IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PILOT HAD BEEN USING A TECHNIQUE FOR PICKING UP BANNERS THAT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO COME VERY CLOSE TO A STALL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.