- Date
- September 27, 1988, 19:10 local (Sep 28, 1988, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Oak Grove, AL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7637EBellanca 14-19-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880927046429A
- Case key
- 7624
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 - in flight
Flight/nav instruments,attitude indicator - unreliableFactor
Operation with known deficiencies in equipment - intentionalFactor
Light condition - duskFactor
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Weather condition - haze/smokeFactor
Spatial disorientationCause
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
Wing - overload
Wing - separation
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7637E
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-19-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4139
- Airframe hours
- 1,255
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- John J. Austin
- Registered owner
- Austin, John J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1987 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
- Destination
- SBN · South Bend, IN
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,332 total · 68 in this make and model · 1,200 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM, 15 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.