- Date
- October 14, 1983, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Knoxville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5547KBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831014054429A
- Case key
- 6227
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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 - in flight
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Acft stalled during a steep climbing turn after takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5547K
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 397-78
- Airframe hours
- 1,949
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- East Tennessee Pilots Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 29, 1983 · 245 hours before
- Airport
- Sky Ranch, runway 1, 2,100 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,166 total · 247 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.