# NTSB ANC84FA190: Bellanca 8KCAB, N8592, Ouzinkie, AK, September 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 17, 1984, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Ouzinkie, AK
- Coordinates: 57.929248, -152.419281 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.9292&lon=-152.4193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 4 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4233
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84FA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4233/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA190

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Fire, descent - normal
  - electrical system - undetermined
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - emergency
  - flt control syst,elevator control - failure,total
  - fuel consumption calculations - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not possible, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)
  - terrain condition - ground

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8592-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N 75-73, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Registry model: [Bellanca 8KCAB](https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-8kcab) (registry code 1220801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 75-73
- Airframe hours: 1305
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840917049429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840917049429A), Sep 17, 1984: Bbavia 8KCAB, Ouzinkie, AK, Destroyed. Precautionary landing was being made due to smoke in cockpit. Elevator cable broke and aircraft settled into trees.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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