- Date
- August 3, 1984, 20:45 local (Aug 4, 1984, 04:45 UTC)
- Place
- Aleknagik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7662SBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840803038089A
- Case key
- 4334
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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
The acft crashed into trees short of a clearing during a forced landing following a prop failure. Post accident attemptsto identify the reasons for the failure were clouded by the impact damage. The acft was placarded warning against continuous high RPM operation to avoid fatigue from resonant vibrations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7662S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 215-76
- Airframe hours
- 742
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C2E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Kenneth Prokopowich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1984
- Departed
- 5A8 · Aleknagik, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 330 total · 115 in this make and model · 298 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.