- Date
- January 30, 1973
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N39860Bellanca 17-31A
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730130002739A
- Case key
- 169490
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0126 73/1/30 AURORA,COLO BELLANCA 17-31A CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 64 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N39860 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BROOMFIELD,COLO RETURN LITTLETON,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- HIT GRND R WG FIRST IN HI SPEED ROLLING TYPE MANEUVER. RECOVERED 1/31/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39860
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.