- Date
- May 24, 1986, 09:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Valdez, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8671VBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860524019599A
- Case key
- 4665
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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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel system,tank - contaminationCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fuel system,line - waterCause
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Analysis
Examination of the aircraft fuel system revealed that water was found in the fuel lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8671V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 82575
- Airframe hours
- 1,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry W. Hanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 7, 1985 · 120 hours before
N8671VRegistration cancelled May 10, 2023 · Bellanca 7GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 7GCBCEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 1,150 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 1,150 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 19 °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.