- Date
- July 30, 1979
- Place
- Seward, AK · SEWARD, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8745Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790730019399A
- Case key
- 134098
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2424 79/7/30 NR.SEWARD,AK BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 2800 TIME - 1600 N8745 PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 363 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMER,AK CAPE DOUGLAS,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG FAILED WHILE SPOTTING FISH.ENROUTE TO BEACH,HIT SUBMERGED ROCKS DRG LNDG.TIDE CVRD WRECKAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8745
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8745Registration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Bellanca 7GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 7GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.