- Date
- May 6, 1980
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5215XBellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800506014329A
- Case key
- 130597
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2337 80/5/6 NR.ANCHORAGE,AK BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 298 TIME - 1730 N5215X PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 279 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDER CREEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,AK ANCHORAGE,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.UN CLEAR TREES ALONG SHORE OF SHARP CURVE IN STREAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5215X
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexander Creek
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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.
Other investigations on N5215X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC83LA142Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPalmer, AKThe acft crashed during a go-around attempt to a mountain airstrip at 4000 ft MSL. According to the plt he thought his approach was too flat so he initiated a go-around at low alt and with 60 KTS indicated airspeed. The acft would not outclimb the rising…NTSB ANC76DAH61Accident · No injuriesClosedSkwentna, AK