- Date
- March 5, 1981
- Place
- Umiat, AK · UMIAT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8635VBellanca 8GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810305008729A
- Case key
- 126922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0524 81/3/5 NR.UMIAT,AK BELLANCA 8GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 585 TIME - 1400 N8635V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UMIAT,AK BETTLES,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TEMPERATURE TOO LOW PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES ICE FOG 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- OIL TEMP LOW,ENG BGN RUNNING ROUGH.LNDD TO TAPE COOLER.ENCTRD SUSPENDED ICE CRYSTALS-SHORT FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8635V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8635VRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2017 · Bellanca 8GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 8GCBCEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8635V · 1
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