- Date
- June 27, 1991, 21:10 local (Jun 28, 1991, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- St. Hilaire, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8714VBellanca 8GCBC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910627024279A
- Case key
- 14854
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude while maneuvering.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot/airplane owner departed on a local flight to survey his farm property. The airplane descended into terrain, impacting in a grassy field on the pilot's property. Post accident investigation revealed no evidence of pre impact mechanical difficulty/malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8714V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-75
- Airframe hours
- 691
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-360-CZE, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Everett T. Flesche
- Registered owner
- Everett T. Flesche
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 1991
- Departed
- NONE · St. Hilaire, MN
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVF, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.