Bellanca 8KCAB N5026B
29 July 2012 · Homer, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 July 2012 at about 22:00 local time, a Bellanca 8KCAB registered N5026B was involved in an incident near Homer, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:00
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Homer, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Homer Airport (PAHO)
- Coordinates
- 59.6456, -151.4767
- Aircraft
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Registration
- N5026B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Anchorage → Homer
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC12IA085
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The failure of the left main landing gear leg due to fatigue. Contributing to the incident was maintenance personnel's failure to completely remove all corrosion before repainting the gear leg.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane on a dry paved runway. He stated that just after touchdown, he heard a noise and felt the airplane pull to the left. He tried to abort the landing, but noted that the left main landing gear had separated from the fuselage, so he landed the airplane in the grassy area adjacent to the runway. During the landing the airplane sustained minor damage. The spring steel left main landing gear assembly was fractured about 5 inches from the fuselage attach point. Postaccident metallurgical examination revealed that the landing gear leg fractured due to fatigue that initiated from pits on the lower surface of the leg. The pits were filled with brown paint that was covered with white paint. Therefore, it is likely that the pits were formed by corrosion that was not completely removed before the gear leg was repainted.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2012 | Bellanca 8GCBC | Zahl, North Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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| 16 Jul 2011 | Bellanca 8KCAB | Greeley, Colorado, United States | Richardson Companies Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 2011 | Bellanca 8GCBC | Kantishna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Apr 2013 | Bellanca 8GCBC | Seward, Alaska, United States | Kraxberger Rick R | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jun 2011 | Bellanca 8GCBC | Linwood, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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