- Date
- October 16, 1984, 13:18 local (21:18 UTC)
- Place
- Wasilla, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1609GBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19841016064699A
- Case key
- 4435
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
During final approach the acft struck an unmarked staic wire 40 ft AGL and more than 75 ft from intended touch down. The pilot lost control of the acft. The acft landed on a parked acft during the descent.
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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,staticFactor
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Altitude - inadequateCause
Planned approach - poorFactor
Loss of control - in flight
In flight collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standing
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1609G
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 111
- Airframe hours
- 1,457
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Bates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 13, 1984 · 931 hours before
- Departed
- Six Mile Lake, 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 484 total · 199 in this make and model · 430 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.