- Date
- April 25, 1977
- Place
- Elk Mountain, WY · ELK MOUNTAIN, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8672VBellanca 8GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770425008189A
- Case key
- 152447
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0651 77/4/25 ELK MOUNTAIN,WY BELLANCA 8GCBC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 131 TIME - 0830 N8672V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE AIRSTRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELK MOUNTAIN,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- D-A 8000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8672V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
N8672VRegistered now · Bellanca 8GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 8GCBCEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.