- Date
- July 9, 1988, 23:15 local (Jul 10, 1988, 07:15 UTC)
- Place
- Quartz Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N88276Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880709026139A
- Case key
- 5029
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 control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Taxispeed - excessiveCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
According to the flight instructor, he and the student pilot attended a picnic and were returning. During the departure, and while attempting a step taxi turn, they struck the trees along the shoreline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88276
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75674
- Airframe hours
- 1,711
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alaska Flying Network Inc.
- Registered owner
- Patti & Jerry Chadwich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1988 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- Soldotna, 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
- 52
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 121 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 124 in the last 90 days · 69 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.