Chino Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Chino, California 91710
Tuesady, September 30, 1986 17:10 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT GROUND LOOPED IN A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER COMPLETING A BANNER TOW OPERATION. THE PLT INDICATED THAT HE HAD JUST ENTERED A DOWNWIND TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THE BANNER RELEASE AREA WHEN THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOSE POWER. HE MOVED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO THE FULL RICH POSITION AND PUMPED THE THROTTLE. THE ENG REGAINED POWER MOMENTARILY AND THEN QUIT. THE ACFT WAS APRX 600 FT AGL AND THE PLT DECIDED NOT TO ATTEMPT A RESTART. HE RELEASED THE BANNER AND LANDED INTO THE WIND ON A FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD. THE ACFT'S RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. THE ACFT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE ARPT AND THE ENG WAS RUN WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FULL POWER. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FLAME TUBE LOCATED IN THE ACFT'S MUFFLER SYSTEM WAS DISINTEGRATING. IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT THE PIECES OF THE FLAME TUBE MAY HAVE BLOCKED THE MUFFLER OUTLET, BUT THE MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/30/1986
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1710
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City CHINO
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 91710
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport CHINO
Event Location Nearest Airport ID CNO
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 1
Degrees magnetic from airport 290
Airport Elevation 650
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1105 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 360
Weather Observation Facility ID ONT
Elevation of weather observation facility 942
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 5
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 240
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2058
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Sep 30 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1840
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 32592
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N87020
NTSB Number LAX86LA358
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed Company VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BELLANCA
Aircraft Model 8GCBC
Aircraft Series Identifier 8GCBC
Aircraft Serial Number 52-74
Certified Max Gross Weight 2150
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Sep 12 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 14
Airframe Hours 4020
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name HUNTER, LEE
Aircraft Owner Street Address 7000 MERRILL AVE., BOX 30
Aircraft Owner City CHINO
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 91710
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code CNO
Departure City CHINO
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1300
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26
Runway Length 3858
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --