- Date
- April 11, 1975
- Place
- Mackinac Is, MI · MACKINAC IS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8259RBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750411008379A
- Case key
- 148253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0709 75/4/11 MACKINAC IS,MI BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 104 TIME - 1045 N8259R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MACKINAC ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLDWATER,MI MACKINAC IS,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8259R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mackinac Island
N8259RRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8259R · 1
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