- Date
- August 10, 1980
- Place
- Lake Norman, NC · LAKE NORMAN, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1644GBellanca 7KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800810035219A
- Case key
- 129433
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1748 80/8/10 LAKE NORMAN,NC BELLANCA 7KCAB CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 142 TIME - 1715 N1644G PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE NORMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE NORMAN,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- WITNESS OBSD ACFT IN VER MANEUVER AFTER TKOF,THEN CRASH DRG RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1644G
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lake Norman
N1644GRegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2012 · Champion 7KCABAirframe modelChampion 7KCABEngine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.