Bellanca 7KCAB N68531

Summary

On 28 October 2022 at about 16:00 local time, a Bellanca 7KCAB registered N68531 was involved in an accident near Accident, Maryland, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 October 2022 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Accident, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Garrett County (2G4)

Coordinates

39.5808, -79.3360

Aircraft

Bellanca 7KCAB

Registration

N68531

Category

Airplane

Year built

1972

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Perry → Wadesboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA23LA069

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in crosswind conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while on a personal flight he was attempting to execute a crosswind landing when the airplane encountered a gust of wind that raised the right wing and the airplane “weather vaned” to the right and into the wind. He applied full left rudder to correct the airplane’s direction but was unable. The airplane departed the right side of the runway, went down an embankment, and nosed over coming to rest nearly inverted. Both wings were substantially damaged during the accident. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.