Accident Bellanca 8GCBC N88352, Thursday 29 March 2001

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Date:	Thursday 29 March 2001
Time:	15:30 LT
Type:	Bellanca 8GCBC
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N88352
MSN:	116-74
Year of manufacture:	1974
Total airframe hrs:	14500 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-C2E
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Las Vegas, NM - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Las Vegas Airport, NM (LVS/KLVS)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot was conducting his final landing from a local flight, on which he had stayed in the pattern. He landed on runway 20 with a right quartering tail wind of approximately 6 knots. During landing roll, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway into rough terrain. The landing gear was sheared off and the left wing buckled.

Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. Factors were weather evaluation by the pilot and rough terrain off the side of the runway.

Accident investigation: