Bellanca 8GCBC N4159Y

Summary

On 13 March 2024 at about 21:50 local time, a Bellanca 8GCBC registered N4159Y was involved in an accident near Grind Stone City, Michigan, United States. One person was 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

13 March 2024 at 21:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Grind Stone City, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Grindstone Air Harbor (29C)

Coordinates

44.0468, -82.9144

Aircraft

Bellanca 8GCBC

Registration

N4159Y

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Reese → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN24LA136

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll on a wet turf runway with a quartering tailwind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was conducting a flight in a tailwheel equipped airplane. During the landing, the airplane bounced, and then settled back to the runway. The tail of the airplane rose, the nose of the airplane dropped, and the propeller struck the ground. The airplane came to rest inverted resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, both wings, and wing struts. The pilot noted that the airstrip was more wet than he anticipated. The pilot reported that the airplane had no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations. Wind conditions at the time of the accident were from 120° at 9 knots, the pilot landed on runway 36.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.