- Date
- July 26, 1987, 01:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Happy Valley, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5052CBellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870726043839A
- Case key
- 4883
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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 aircraft struck the mountain at the 4000 foot level. At the time of the accident several witnesses stated that the weather was IFR, low ceiling, ground fog, and the prevailing visibility was less than one mile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5052C
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 114679
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John T. Dillon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1987 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- Kavik, AK
- Destination
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Flight plan
- 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 418 total · 355 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 42 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.