- Date
- April 8, 1988, 12:38 local (16:38 UTC)
- Place
- Boone, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8880RBellanca 14-19-3A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880408008119A
- Case key
- 7556
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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Preflight briefing service - disregardedCause
Weather condition - fogFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - poorFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8880R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19-3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4242
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gene Ronald Smith
- Registered owner
- Gene R Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MYR · Myrtle Beach, SC
- Destination
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
N8880RRegistration cancelled May 7, 1997 · Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3AAirframe modelDowner BELLANCA 14-19-3A
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI, 35 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.