Bellanca 7KCAB N41807

Summary

On 22 October 2002 at about 00:10 local time, a Bellanca 7KCAB registered N41807 was involved in an accident near Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 October 2002 at 00:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Ft Collins/Loveland Municipal (FNL)

Coordinates

39.9302, -104.9494

Aircraft

Bellanca 7KCAB

Registration

N41807

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Collins → Fort Collins

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN03LA011

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he was doing touch-and-go landings on runway 15. On this approach, he made a 3-point landing and bounced. He settled the airplane back down for a second 3-point landing, but there was a "lack of directional ground control and some drift to the right of centerline." He added full power for a go-around, but the controls felt "mushy," and there was a "lack of aileron control." The airplane drifted to the right, struck the runway with its right wingtip, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both the left and right wing spars, empennage, forward fuselage, both main landing gear attachment points, rudder and left horizontal stabilizer. The winds were, 070 degrees at 07 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.