- Date
- July 7, 1979
- Place
- West Branch, MI · WEST BRANCH, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N31252Bellanca 7GCAA
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790707016169A
- Case key
- 135070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1313 79/7/7 NR.WEST BRANCH,MI BELLANCA 7GCAA CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 731 TIME - 1445 N31252 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 380 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMMUNITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DETROIT,MI WEST BRANCH,MI MIO,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DEPARTED MIO WITH LOW FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31252
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCAA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Community
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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.