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14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in Superior, WI
Probable Cause Approval Date: 09/08/2015
Aircraft: BELLANCA 8KCAB, registration: N102EC
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot reported that, while climbing after a touch-and-go landing, the airplane began an uncommanded left bank. The pilot perceived that the ailerons were jammed and attempted to regain control of the airplane; however, he was not successful, so he performed a forced landing to the airport property. A postaccident examination of the airplane found a 9-volt battery jammed in the aileron bell crank. The pilot reported that the battery was the same brand he used for his headset and that he had changed the batteries in flight several days before the accident flight. It is likely that the pilot dropped the battery during that flight.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
A stuck aileron due to a battery that had become jammed in the aileron bell crank.
On May 27, 2015, about 1405 central daylight time, a Bellanca 8KCAB airplane, N102EC, experienced a loss of control authority and impacted terrain during a forced landing near the Richard I Bong Airport (SUW), Superior, Wisconsin. The commercial pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated without a flight plan.
According to the pilot, the flight was normal until after the second touch and go landing. The airplane was in a climb from the runway when it began an uncommanded left bank. He perceived that the ailerons were jammed and attempted to regain control of the airplane but was not successful. Additionally the pilot could not get the airplane to climb, so when the airplane was about 100 feet above ground level he performed a forced landing to the airport property. The airplane's forward fuselage was substantially damaged during the forced landing.
A postaccident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector found a 9-volt battery jammed in the lower right aileron bellcrank. The pilot reported that the battery was the same brand that the he used for his headset. He had previously changed the batteries in flight several days earlier, but thought that he had accounted for all of the batteries.
NTSB Identification: CEN15LA242
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in Superior, WI
Aircraft: BELLANCA 8KCAB, registration: N102EC
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On May 27, 2015, about 1405 central daylight time, a Bellanca 8KCAB airplane, N102EC, experienced a loss of control authority and impacted terrain during a forced landing near the Richard I Bong Airport (SUW), Superior, Wisconsin. The commercial pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated without a flight plan.
According to information provided by the pilot, the flight was normal until after the second touch and go landing. The airplane was in a climb from the runway when it began an uncommanded left bank. The pilot attempted to regain control of the airplane but was not successful. In addition, he could not get the airplane to climb so when the airplane was about 100 feet above ground level, the pilot conducted a forced landing to the airport property. The airplane's fuselage was substantially damaged during the forced landing.
A postaccident examination of the airplane by a responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector found a 9-volt battery jammed in an aileron bell crank.
Two people walked away uninjured after their single-engine plane crash-landed at the Richard I. Bong Memorial Airport in Superior on Wednesday afternoon.
The Superior Fire Department responded to the crash at 2:14 p.m., and the first crews on the scene found a small plane in a field behind the Upper Deck Restaurant.
The pilot reported having mechanical difficulty before the crash, fire officials said.
The red, white and blue plane’s tires left tracks in the mud leading from the runway to the plane’s resting place in the field. Its right landing gear assembly sat in pieces on the ground nearby, while the left landing gear assembly was dug into the mud, still attached to the plane.
The blue tip of the left wing dangled from the rest of the plane.
Mud splattered the sides of the plane and the propeller.
The names of those on board the plane were not released. According to the plane’s FAA registration, it’s a Bellanca 8KCAB Decathlon and owned by a Texas man.
The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the cause of the crash.
Corey Winn was watching planes take off and land while eating lunch at the Upper Deck with a few friends when he saw the Bellanca 8KCAB Decathlon return to the runway a few minutes after it had taken off. As the plane was going down the runway, it was going side to side and then dipped to the left, Winn said.
When he saw the wing dip, he said, he knew the plane was going to crash off the runway. A woman in the restaurant told people that the plane crashed and people went outside to see if the occupants were hurt. Winn said they saw two people walking away from the wrecked plane.
“I’m just glad they’re OK,” he said.
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