- Date
- August 19, 1976
- Place
- Saratoga, WY · SARATOGA, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N53966Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760819027949A
- Case key
- 149788
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2610 76/8/19 SARATOGA,WY BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N53966 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIVELY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARATOGA,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- TOTAL SOLO TIME LESS THAN ONE HOUR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53966
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shively Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N53966 · 1
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