- Date
- September 26, 1979
- Place
- Wellington, CO · WELLINGTON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7871SBellanca 8GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790926024159A
- Case key
- 133113
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3314 79/9/26 WELLINGTON,CO BELLANCA 8GCBC CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 6352 TIME - 1300 N7871S PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 328 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAVERLY WEST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WELLINGTON,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 45KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7871S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waverly West
N7871SRegistration cancelled May 31, 2018 · Bellanca 8GCBCAirframe modelBellanca 8GCBCEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7871S · 1
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