Bellanca 8GCBC N87020

Summary

On 1 October 1986 at about 00:10 local time, a Bellanca 8GCBC registered N87020 was involved in an accident near Chino, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 October 1986 at 00:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Chino, California, United States

Nearest airport

Chino (CNO)

Coordinates

34.0001, -117.6806

Aircraft

Bellanca 8GCBC

Registration

N87020

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chino → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86LA358

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED IN A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER COMPLETING A BANNER TOW OPERATION. THE PLT INDICATED THAT HE HAD JUST ENTERED A DOWNWIND TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THE BANNER RELEASE AREA WHEN THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOSE POWER. HE MOVED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO THE FULL RICH POSITION AND PUMPED THE THROTTLE. THE ENG REGAINED POWER MOMENTARILY AND THEN QUIT. THE ACFT WAS APRX 600 FT AGL AND THE PLT DECIDED NOT TO ATTEMPT A RESTART. HE RELEASED THE BANNER AND LANDED INTO THE WIND ON A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD. THE ACFT'S RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. THE ACFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE ARPT AND THE ENG WAS RUN WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FULL POWER. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FLAME TUBE LOCATED IN THE ACFT'S MUFFLER SYSTEM WAS DISINTEGRATING. IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT THE PIECES OF THE FLAME TUBE MAY HAVE BLOCKED THE MUFFLER OUTLET, BUT THE MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.