Bellanca 7KCAB N68573

Summary

On 4 September 1986 at about 16:00 local time, a Bellanca 7KCAB registered N68573, operated by Richard G. Morris, was involved in an accident near Poston, Arizona, 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

4 September 1986 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Poston, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Bruce Church (PRIV)

Coordinates

33.8308, -114.3802

Aircraft

Bellanca 7KCAB

Registration

N68573

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard G. Morris

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Parker → Poston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86LA337

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

AT THE END OF A LOCAL PRACTICE FLIGHT THE PLT OVERFLEW THE RWY AND OBSERVED THE WIND SOCK. SHE NOTED THE SPEED AND DIRECTION TO BE 5 KTS FROM THE NORTH AND ELECTED TO LAND DOWNWIND FOR EASY ACCESS TO THE FUEL TANKS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH END. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE PLT ADDED POWER TO STRAIGHTEN THE ACFT. THE CONTROL OF THE ACFT WAS NOT MAINTAINED AND IT TRAVELED OFF THE RWY, COLLIDED WITH A BERM AND NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.