Bellanca 8GCBC N2981M
1 September 2008 · Fairbanks, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 September 2008 at about 02:00 local time, a Bellanca 8GCBC registered N2981M, operated by Dave Whitmer, was involved in an accident near Fairbanks, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 02:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Metro Field Airport (MTF)
- Coordinates
- 64.8069, -147.7625
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Registration
- N2981M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Dave Whitmer
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Fairbanks → Fairbanks
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC08CA117
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot was landing on Runway 06, a 4,600 foot-long, by 80 feet wide gravel and partially paved runway. In the student pilot's written statement to the NTSB, he reported that he elected to land on the gravel-covered part of the runway, which was on the left side of the runway. During touchdown, the airplane bounced, and he attempted to recover, but the airplane drifted to the left, and the left wing struck tall brush. The airplane pivoted to the left, and the right wing struck the ground, sustaining substantial damage to the right wing, right aileron, and fuselage. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. At the time of the accident the closest weather observation facility, about 2 miles west of the accident site, was reporting winds as 110 degrees at 6 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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