- Date
- July 29, 1978
- Place
- Lake Chelatna, AK · LAKE CHELATNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88345Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780729023489A
- Case key
- 139343
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3218 78/7/29 LAKE CHELATNA,AK BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 608 TIME - 1900 N88345 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 215 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE CHELATNA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE CHELATNA,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. PLT NOTED FUMES IN COCKPIT,MADE SHARP TURN TO RETURN TO SHORELINE,WING STRK WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88345
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Chelatna
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.