- Date
- March 4, 1979
- Place
- Munster, IN · MUNSTER, IN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N76TVBellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790304019489A
- Case key
- 137165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1677 79/3/4 MUNSTER,IN BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1946 TIME - 1450 N76TV PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANSING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TERRA HAUTE,IN MUNSTER,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- WND GUSTING 24 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76TV
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lansing Muni
N76TVRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2014 · Bellanca 17-31ATCAirframe modelBellanca 17-31ATCEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.