Bellanca 7ECA N9994Y

Summary

On 24 August 2002 at about 21:45 local time, a Bellanca 7ECA registered N9994Y was involved in an accident near Gakona, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 August 2002 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Gakona, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Chistochina (CZO)

Coordinates

62.5636, -144.6689

Aircraft

Bellanca 7ECA

Registration

N9994Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gulkana → Gakona

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC02LA120

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, and his excessive use of the airplane's brakes during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane nosing down. A contributing factor in the accident was wet, high grass along the runway edge.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot was landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane at a remote airport. During the landing roll, the pilot said the airplane hit a bump on the surface of the runway, which threw the airplane upward and to the right. The airplane's right main landing gear tire then entered an area of tall, wet grass along the right edge of the runway, pulling the airplane further to the right. The pilot said he applied the brakes, and the airplane nosed down along the right side of the runway. The airplane received damage to the propeller and the left wingtip. A postaccident inspection of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed the left wing received damage to at least two wing ribs.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.