Bellanca 17 30 N6681V

Summary

On 7 June 2020 at about 18:35 local time, a Bellanca 17 30 registered N6681V was involved in an accident near Talihina, Oklahoma, United States. 3 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

7 June 2020 at 18:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Talihina, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Talahina Municipal Airport (6F1)

Coordinates

34.7078, -95.0739

Aircraft

Bellanca 17 30

Registration

N6681V

Category

Airplane

Year built

1967

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita Falls → Talihina

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20CA226

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a crosswind landing, which resulted in a hard landing and runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After an uneventful local flight in the single-engine airplane, the pilot entered the landing pattern at his destination airport and the windsock indicated an almost perpendicular crosswind of about 10 knots. On final approach, after clearing a tree line, the pilot reduced engine power to land. As engine power and airspeed were reduced, the airplane's rate of descent suddenly increased. The pilot attempted to slow the rate of descent, but the airplane impacted the runway hard and bounced. The airplane exited the runway and impacted a berm. The nose landing gear collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the front lower part of the fuselage and firewall. The pilot stated that, due to the crosswind and the trees at the end and side of the runway, he should have adjusted his landing point further down the runway to avoid possible wind anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.