- Date
- August 14, 1976
- Place
- Acuff, TX · ACUFF, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7639SBellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760814026109A
- Case key
- 155506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2338 76/8/14 ACUFF,TX BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1165 TIME - 1900 N7639S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ACUFF,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- HIT GRND DRG SPIN RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7639S
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7639SRegistration cancelled Dec 8, 2020 · Bellanca 8KCABAirframe modelBellanca 8KCABEngine modelLycoming AEIO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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