- Date
- July 29, 1974
- Place
- Kodiak, AK · KODIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8987RBellanca 7GCB
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740729025139A
- Case key
- 134468
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2378 74/7/29 KODIAK,ALAS BELLANCA 7GCB CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 875 TIME - 0600 N8987R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KODIAK,ALAS CHINIAK AFB,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TAKE OFF WAS FROM LAKE ON FLOATS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8987R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N8987R · 1
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