- Date
- July 4, 1981
- Place
- Hillsdale, MI · HILLSDALE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2692ZBellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810704038459A
- Case key
- 125019
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1665 81/7/4 HILLSDALE,MI BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1035 N2692Z PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 39, 4241 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILLSDALE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSDALE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- STRUCK GND DRG RCVRY FM A SERIES OF AEROBATIC MNVRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2692Z
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hillsdale Muni
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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.