- Date
- September 17, 1984, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ouzinkie, AK
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8592Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840917049429A
- Case key
- 4233
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Plt completed 5 turn spin, cockpit began filling with smoke. Electrical equipment was turned off and plt was descending for precautionary landing when elevator control was lost. Acft settled into 75 ft tall trees. Source of fire which resulted in battery boiling over was undetermined. Failure of elevator cable was due to severe corrosion which progressed over a period of time. The plt is also a mechanic and he performed the last 100 hr inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8592
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-73
- Airframe hours
- 1,305
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Simon Rose
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 17, 1984 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- ODK · Kodiak, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,078 total · 87 in this make and model · 1,929 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.