- Date
- August 12, 1986, 20:45 local (Aug 13, 1986, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Perrinton, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N36284Bellanca 7GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860812039989A
- Case key
- 13270
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pvt PIC and his pax, also a pvt plt, departed the pic's pvt airstrip for a local pleasure flt. An acft, similar in size and color to the plt's was seen doing low level flt at tree top level with abrupt pull-ups near where the plt normally flew. The plt and pax failed to return from their flt and the acft and its occupants were subsequently discovered in a field close to the plt's residence. Impact damage indicates the acft was probably in a left turn spin just prior to crashing. The acft was substantially damaged and its two occupants were killed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36284
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 561-73
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward F. Sadilek
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1986 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- Perrinton, MI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 150 in this make and model · 285 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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