Bellanca 7GCBC N222WY

Summary

On 5 August 1987 at about 19:17 local time, a Bellanca 7GCBC registered N222WY was involved in an accident near North Plains, Oregon, 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

5 August 1987 at 19:17

Classification

Accident

Location

North Plains, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Sunset (10R3)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bellanca 7GCBC

Registration

N222WY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA87LA157

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 PLT RPRTD THAT DRG A X-WIND LNDG, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RGT MAIN GEAR, THEN AFTER ROLLING APRX 50 TO 100 FT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN. AS THE LEFT WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, THE LEFT AXLE FAILED, PITCHING THE ACFT ON ITS NOSE. THE ACFT THEN SKIDDED ON ITS NOSE FOR ANOTHER 75 TO 100 FT. AN EXAM OF THE AXLE REVEALED A FATIGUE CRACK HAD PENETRATED ABOUT 50% OF ITS CROSS SECTION BEFORE FINAL OVERSTRESS SEPARATION. THERE WERE MULTIPLE ORIGINS OF THE CRACK AT THE EDGE OF A CIRCUMFERENTIAL WELD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.