# NTSB ATL84FA017: Bellanca 8KCAB, N5547K, Knoxville, TN, October 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 14, 1983, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Coordinates: 35.660034, -84.090507 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6600&lon=-84.0905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6227
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6227/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA017

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

ACFT STALLED DURING A STEEP CLIMBING TURN AFTER TAKEOFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5547K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 8KCAB
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 397-78
- Airframe hours: 1949
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831014054429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831014054429A), Oct 14, 1983: Bbavia 8KCAB, Knoxville, TN, Destroyed. Nosed up into a vertical attitude on climbout and stalled. Too low for recovery. Reason for unsafe maneuver unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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