Bellanca 17-30A N8210R

Summary

On 4 May 2023 at about 22:01 local time, a Bellanca 17-30A registered N8210R was involved in an accident near Longville, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were 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

4 May 2023 at 22:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Longville, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Longville Muni (XVG)

Coordinates

46.9903, -94.2045

Aircraft

Bellanca 17-30A

Registration

N8210R

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

Detroit Lakes → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN23LA177

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with an unexpected windshift, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that during his landing roll the airplane encountered an unexpected wind shift with quartering tailwind gusts as he decelerated to about 45 miles per hour. The pilot had not yet retracted his flaps and lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, traversed through the grass, and came to rest in a swale, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and engine mount. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.