- Date
- July 12, 1978
- Place
- Rhinelander, WI · RHINELANDER, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N93627Bellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780712042959A
- Case key
- 140355
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3888 78/7/12 RHINELANDER,WI BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2240 N93627 PX- 1 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 22, 764 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 39 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RHINELDER-ONEIDA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP JANESVILLE,WI RHINELANDER,WI GREEN BAY,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93627
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rhinelder-Oneida
N93627Registration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 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.