- Date
- August 16, 1981
- Place
- Sterling, AK · STERLING, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N57653Bellanca 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810816049719A
- Case key
- 124539
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1851 81/8/16 STERLING,AK BELLANCA 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 134 TIME - 1230 N57653 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ANCHORAGE,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG QUIT 200FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57653
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N57653Registration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Bellanca 7GCAAAirframe modelBellanca 7GCAAEngine 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.