- Date
- January 18, 1978
- Place
- Mcclave, CO · MCCLAVE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N53966Bellanca 7GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780118000529A
- Case key
- 143701
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0135 78/1/18 MCCLAVE,CO BELLANCA 7GCBC CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 650 TIME - 1430 N53966 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAMAR,C0 LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- CRASHED IN CATTLE FEED LOT FIVE COWS KILLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53966
- Reported as
- Bellanca 7GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N53966 · 1
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