- Date
- September 4, 1976
- Place
- West Bend, WI · WEST BEND, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88089Bellanca 8GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760904028199A
- Case key
- 155710
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3010 76/9/4 WEST BEND,WI BELLANCA 8GCBC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N88089 PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS AGE 21, 865 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 251 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST BEND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST BEND,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- WINDOW OPENED,PLT DISTRACTED BY BLOWING PAPERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88089
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- West Bend
N88089Registration cancelled May 7, 2019 · Bellanca 8GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 8GCBCEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N88089 · 1
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