Bellanca CITABRIA N41464

Summary

On 23 August 1986 at about 23:10 local time, a Bellanca CITABRIA registered N41464, operated by Robert L. Burns, was involved in an accident near Pasadena, Maryland, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 August 1986 at 23:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Pasadena, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Mountain Road

Coordinates

39.1095, -76.5492

Aircraft

Bellanca CITABRIA

Registration

N41464

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert L. Burns

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Baltimore → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO86LA041

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

ONE WITNESS WHO WATCHED N41464 MAKE THE APPROACH INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE TOO FAST AS IT PASSED THE 1/2 WAY POINT ON THE RUNWAY AND THAT IT BOUNCED BACK UP INTO THE AIR AFTER NOSING DOWN ONTO THE TURF RUNWAY. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME UP AND THE LEFT WING WENT DOWN AS THE AIRCRAFT FLEW ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. WITH ABOUT 1/3 OF 1800 FOOT RUNWAY LEFT THE WITNESS HEARD POWER BEING APPLIED TO THE ENGINE AND OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT CLIMB ABOVE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUING TO BE EXTREMELY NOSE HIGH. HE THEN SAW THE RIGHT WING DROP AND THE AIRCRAFT SPIN INTO SOME TREES. EXAM OF A/C DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY MALFUNCTIONS. THE ENG WAS MOUNTED ON A TEST STAND AND RUN SUCCESSFULLY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.