Bellanca 7ECA N8564V

Summary

On 16 March 2013 at about 18:30 local time, a Bellanca 7ECA registered N8564V, operated by Travis Morton, was involved in an accident near Sonoma, California, 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

16 March 2013 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Sonoma, California, United States

Nearest airport

Sonoma Skypark Airport (0Q9)

Coordinates

38.2544, -122.4339

Aircraft

Bellanca 7ECA

Registration

N8564V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Travis Morton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sonoma → Sonoma

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR13CA166

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the touchdown and landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that, while on final approach, the airplane was too high; therefore, he conducted a slip maneuver to lose altitude. As the airplane touched down on the runway, it veered to the right. Despite pilot rudder control inputs, the airplane exited the runway and impacted a fence and the wind indicator, substantially damaging the left wing. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.