- Date
- May 4, 1977
- Place
- Ferriday, LA · FERRIDAY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53828Bellanca 8GCBC
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770504010309A
- Case key
- 158350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0758 77/5/4 FERRIDAY,LA BELLANCA 8GCBC CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4300 TIME - 1630 N53828 PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FERRIDAY,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT STATED HE DID NOT REMEMBER PUTTING MIXTURE IN RICH POSITION BEFORE DESCENDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53828
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8GCBC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N53828Registration cancelled Nov 6, 2002 · 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 N53828 · 1
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