- Date
- August 4, 1982, 20:44 local (Aug 5, 1982, 01:44 UTC)
- Place
- Alvin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5503KBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820804037009A
- Case key
- 69756
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The pilot was making an approach to land in calm wind conditions. About 100 ft from the approach end of the runway, the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5503K
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 41778
- Airframe hours
- 644
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Diane Braun
- Registered owner
- Diane Braun
- Departed
- 6R5 · Alvin, TX
- Destination
- 6R5 · Alvin, TX
- Airport
- 6R5 · Alvin Air Park, runway 21, 1,490 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 200 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.